Tee Sign Design - easy software programs?

[Jay McCarthy]

Howdy folks,
Looking to delve into a completely unfamiliar territory....tee sign design.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Free software ideal, but would be willing to pay a little.
Thanks!

 

[zenbot]

There are a lot of [URL="https://skylum.com/blog/best-free-photoshop-alternatives"]Photoshop clones[/URL] out there for free.

*edit*

Reading through this list, some of these are strictly photo editors and don't offer other graphic capabilities.

Gimp has been around a long time, it's not as pretty as PS but it works. I've also heard that Glimpse is a good alternative.

 

[Countchunkula]

You can use pretty much whatever. These were done in Excel while I was bored.

 

[glassila]

I use Open Office Draw for the sign itself and Photoshop for the side image of the hole with intended flight paths, baskets, etc. (Google Earth for the satellite image)

 

[Ryan P.]

My favorite tee signs I've ever seen were made with excel. The ones above are basic but excel is surprisingly good for making clear signs once you learn it well.

 

[runningoz]

I used inkscape for mine.

 

[jupiterboy]

I'm doing some now and using a page layout program simply because it has enough vector editing muscle to handle the maps and I can work with the pagination feature and keep all the signs within one document. I would get something that has good type-handling capabilities, and look at type designed specifically for wayfinding (so you can see the course numbers from a distance and read them). I'd also avoid low contrast—black numbers on red backgrounds and so forth. There are some better alternates to InDesign available now. Many have demos and trials. Being able to kern can help when the letters/numbers are particularly large as most type is designed to work "out-of-the-box" at a particular size.

 

[glassila]

I'm doing some now and using a page layout program simply because it has enough vector editing muscle to handle the maps and I can work with the pagination feature and keep all the signs within one document. I would get something that has good type-handling capabilities, and look at type designed specifically for wayfinding (so you can see the course numbers from a distance and read them). I'd also avoid low contrast—black numbers on red backgrounds and so forth. There are some better alternates to InDesign available now. Many have demos and trials. Being able to kern can help when the letters/numbers are particularly large as most type is designed to work "out-of-the-box" at a particular size.

If the purpose of your post was to confuse me, you have succeeded. :wall: