Changelog

As pricing has always been tied to a particular font, when two or more fonts where introduced into a sign and each font included a “base price/start price” these prices would add up and make the sign price more expensive then what it should have been.

This new update address this issue and allows for a single global “start price/base price” rule to be applied to all the fonts used in a single sign design.

We have updated the fixed width, fixed height and advanced models to accomidate this change which will be available when the “multi colour and fonts” selection is enabled.

Fixed width pricing with new update

Advanced pricing with new update

Several updates have been made to improve the existing custom size feature found on the advanced model customiser type.

These updates aim to resolve the numerous fustrations and complexities alot of merchants and customers had with our advanced model and the way sign sizes are calculated and choosen.

What’s changed?

A new user interface that lets your customers enter in their desired width or height of the sign. The sign will then be scaled to fit the text and fonts within the given dimensions. Several new features in the admin have been added to reduce confusion for setting up sizing in a advanced model.

What does this solve?

One of the biggest questions we had with our advanced model is “Why does the size change when adding text or additional fonts to my sign?” By allowing customers to enter in their desired width or height, the sign will be scaled to fit the text and fonts within the given dimensions. This will help reduce confusion and frustration for customers when creating their signs.

Can signs now be created with characters that are smaller then the minimum physically producable dimensions?

A check has been added to ensure no character is smaller then the “Minimum Height” of lowercase and uppercase characters that you set per font. If a character is smaller in the minimum height value, a modal will apprear and prevent the customer from proceeding.

Moving forward

We believe all existing customisers on the advanced model should use “Custom sizing” and may even benefit from removing all their existing multiplier option as illustrated by this demo. As its simpler and more user friendly for customers to use.

This feature allows you to browse through all 1000+ Google fonts within our admin and add it to your customiser with a single click. This will save you time from having to manually add the font to your customiser.

We have sorted the fonts by the most popular fonts used all over the world first.

You can search specific fonts and filter by language. Currently, we support Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Latin on our font list. We’ll be adding more in the future and upon requests.

This new update comes with two powerful new features that will make it easier for customers to continue interacting with your customiser on your store. The more they interact, the greater the chance of them making a purchase.

To see these new updates live, all our demos found here have been updated to include these new features.

Sharing

Customers can now choose to “share” their current design.

A modal will appear with a unique URL that they can copy and share with others or across different devices such as from a mobile to desktop.

When someone accesses the shared link, they will be taken to the customiser with the exact same selection that was shared.

Signs that have been purchased via sharing will be attributed as such in the order details for analytic purposes.

Saving

Customers can leave your website after playing around with the customiser, leave the website and come back to the page at a later date, with the same selections automatically pre-loaded.

This should help increase the chances of them making a purchase as they can continue where they left off.

How to enable

1. In the Shopify admin, go the customiser you wish to edit
2. Click on the “Settings” tab
3. Scroll down to the “Sharing and saving” section
4. Enable the features you wish to use

You can now allow customers to upload background images in the customiser. This feature is disabled by default.

How it works

When enabled, customers will see an “Upload Background” button in the visualizer part of the customiser. They can click this button to upload an image from their device. The image will be displayed as the background image in the customiser.

How to enable

1. Go the customiser you wish to edit in the Shopify admin.
2. Click “Images”
3. Click on “Enable Preview Images”
4. Click on “Allow customers to upload background images”

Several updates have been made to this feature, please visit for more info:

You can now sell signs with multiple colors and fonts. This new capabilitiy introduces a new level of sign design customization for your customers, allowing them to create signs that are truly unique to them and eliminating the need for custom design quotes for a whole range of sign designs.

View the demo here

To see this new feaure in action, check out the video below:

You can now automatically generate a list of options for your customiser that are numbered. This is useful for when you have a large number of options and you want to make it easier for your customers to understand the order of the options.

You can now duplicate pricing configuration on your store. This feature allows you to create a copy of an existing pricing configuration and make changes to the new one without affecting the original.

Our fixed size customisers now allow you to generate an SVG of the custom sign when new orders are made. This feature was previously only available on our advanced model, but is now available for all customisers.

You can enable this feature on the settings page:

For more information, please refer to our documentation:

https://docs.signcustomiser.com/article/169-generate-ordered-sign-svg-file

Since this update is very visual, we decided to make a video about it.

This new renderer will replace the old one in a month or two, exact date will be provided via email, so you have time to get used to it. We hope you like it!

How to enable the new renderer on your existing customiser

1. In the merchant admin, go to the customiser you want to update.
2. Click on the “Settings” tab.
3. Scroll down to label titled “Visual Sign Renderer”
4. Click on the dropdown and select “Canvas”
5. Click save at the bottom of the page.