You may think an arrow sign is a simple two minute task but you'd be wrong. I was asked to make a temporary arrow sign for the Mayan Restaurant's waiting line. "Just make a simple arrow sign that says Enter Here," my boss told me. Hmm, that sounds easy enough. Wrong.
I made this is two minutes.
Then my boss came over to give me instructions on how to make it right.
It went something like this: "The arrow looks crooked. What font is that? That's not a good font. Use Myriad Pro. Make the font bold. Make the arrow black... no, make it red again. Make it look good and call me over when you have it ready."
I put more effort into the sign to make sure it was perfect because we were going to have the sign printed on photo paper and framed.
First I made some guides to make sure everything was straight and aligned perfectly. I changed the font to Myriad Pro Bold Condensed. Then I used the pen tool to draw a perfect arrow.
If you've been following along your arrow should look like this. If it doesn't you better start over.
Now the sign is perfect. I printed it on regular 8.5x11 paper and then we taped the piece of paper to the stanchion pole at front of the line at the Mayan. The next day the sign had a refried bean stain on it and the day after that it was torn and crumpled on the floor.
I'm glad we spent 30 minutes on making it perfect. If you ever are given the assignment to make an arrow sign please take this perfect sign and use it. I'll feel good knowing that my sign got more use out of it.
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