Fascia Signs Design Guidelines

Design Guidelines: • fascia signs should be of an appropriate size, and sited and designed to harmonise with the shop front, the façade of the building and any detailing thereon; • where there is an original fascia, the sign should make use of this with generally no advertising at sub-fascia level or on pilasters or columns; • where a new commercial building is proposed, the location of fascia signage should be integrated into the overall design. • on older and more traditionally styled buildings, painted signs or non-illuminated letters are preferable to panels or other types of display; • internal illumination should preferably be in the form of individually backlit letters; and • where external illumination is proposed, trough lighting is preferred. The trough should extend over the whole fascia and be painted to integrate it into the whole display.