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How to Make a Kickass Protest Sign
Get your point across in a limited amount of space and attention span.
Sooner or later, if you have a conscience and care about what happens to you or someone else, you’re going to get mad enough or frustrated enough to stand up for something important. Maybe you’ll be on your own, bravely standing by yourself in public. Or, maybe you’ll be joining up with people who believe in the same thing, marching together as one.
No matter what our message, we have to get it across. Putting together a protest sign, whether for our lonely self, or for a million people, is going to help us organize your message. Why? We have to make a big, loud message with a very limited amount of audience attention, and a limited amount of display space. Good thinking and good planning will help us smash down bins of wordy coal into diamonds. A protest sign brings it all together.
Here’s the most important things that make a good protest sign:
- Catchy, memorable slogans
- Lettering with feeling
- Striking, bold colors
- Vivid symbols and images
Let’s take a look at each.
