What makes a great bumper sticker?
Walk through the parking lot at a Saturday farmers market and you can learn a fair bit about a town. The public library has a loyal following. Somebody misses the old ballpark. At least two people brake for turtles.
A bumper sticker gives an ordinary person a few inches of publishing space. What goes there is entirely up to them. At BumperStickerWorld, we like the local ones best, especially when a handful of words can tell you who made the sticker and why someone would want it on their car.
Give people a line worth repeating
Suppose your neighborhood is raising money to restore an old movie theater. The committee has a formal name, a mission statement, and a full calendar of events. The line that belongs on the sticker might be the one someone said at the first meeting. Save the Rialto. Set those three words inside the outline of an admission ticket and you’ve given supporters something they’ll recognize from across the parking lot.
Humor works much the same way. “My other car is also full of dog hair” paints the whole picture. Once the joke lands, give it some room.
Try it at actual size
A design can look terrific when it fills your laptop screen. Print a paper copy at the size you want to order, hold it against the vehicle, and take a few steps back. Can you read the main line in one glance? Does the illustration still look like a trout, or has it become a small green smudge?
This is also a good time to check the shape. A long rectangle gives a sentence room to breathe. A round design can suit a trail association, and a short town name might look right at home on an oval. The space where you plan to put it can settle the question faster than another hour at the computer.
Whether you’re rallying neighbors around the Rialto or making six friends laugh about the same disastrous fishing trip, start with the words they’ll remember.
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