DadOfBigSubwayFan

Ben, I agree it would be fun making manually...if I had talent. Would you mind sharing the editable version of a couple of your recent creations (I don't know if you use illustrator, photoshop, or something else) so I could acquire the appropriate software and tinker and try to 1) learn how to do it manually; 2) see if there's a way to make something where someone could go to a website, select a sign type, type a message, and boom have it generate the message on the sign? Happy to credit you or collaborate actively. My main goal is to entertain my 5 year old subway fan with occasional random messages in the form of subway signs, but I think there could be enough other parents whose kids are huge subway fans that a simple website might get some traction...

These are amazing! I'm going to go back through the thread, download fonts and templates, and try to follow the instructions so I can make some for my subway-obsessed 5-year-old. Thank you for posting all of your hard work, templates, and fonts. One question: Has anyone ever tried making a website/app that can auto-generate these? (That is, take the correct template for a given model train/bus, pair with the correct font, and then scale and align so you can just type your message?) It looks like a ton of work goes into these, and I didn't know if it was a replicable enough process that it might be able to be turned into an interactive website.