Built my own Button Copy sign

[FortWorth820]

Hey Guys,

This is my first post here. My name is Sean Tooke and I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX area. I collect traffic signals and signs primarily from DFW. A while ago I came across a large supply of old button copy from a lady out in east Texas. Only having capital letters, I managed to pick up about 3 boxes of button copy. Here is what I built. The sheeting is from a company called American Traffic Safety Materials and its non-reflective sign sheeting just like old signs here in DFW. I remember there being a sign existing in button copy that had this same message except the D in RD was a lower case d and the 1 was actually 1/4. The sign isnt 100% done, it still needs the border which is coming soon in the mail!

Enjoy!

[Roadsign199qc]

It looks so good to my eyes.

[Ian]

Looks good Sean! 

[Truvelo]

The first picture is so good that it looks like white LED's rather than button copy.

[Alps]

That's old New York style (or Massachusetts, for that matter), with the message entirely in capital letters.  I didn't even notice the lack of lower-case 'd' because I live in NJ.

[Scott5114]

Wow, that's totally cool!

What might be fun to do is mount magnets on the back of the characters so you can make a reusable button copy sign board. Just make whatever message you want and then pick the letters off when you're done.

[FortWorth820]

Ok since the first pic went bad heres a few better shots of the sign.