Occasion signs are the one case where the words matter more than the styling, because the words are usually a name. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM lands; HAPPY BIRTHDAY does not, and a guest walking in can tell the difference immediately.
A wedding entrance, a birthday table, and a Christmas window want different amounts of noise. The wedding template runs slow and holds one line, because the room is already busy. The party template is the loudest thing here and is meant for a space where that reads as fun rather than as chaos. Christmas sits between the two and is the one most likely to run unattended for weeks, so keep its text something that stays true all season.
If the screen will be on for hours, plug it in and turn the brightness down a step. Occasion signs fail more often from a flat battery halfway through the evening than from anything to do with the design.
Birthday Celebration
Put the person’s name in the Text. A generic happy birthday loop is wallpaper. Hold the phone in landscape at cake time, then turn it off.
- Font
- Comic Sans MS, cursive
- Speed
- 32
- Direction
- left
- Text Color
- #ff1493
Wedding
Welcome-line LED for a venue entrance. Names plus the date beat hashtags. Keep glow modest so photos of the couple are not competing with the Preview.
- Font
- Georgia, serif
- Speed
- 30
- Direction
- left
- Text Color
- #ffffff
Christmas
Seasonal look for December hours and greetings. Swap it out when the season ends. A Christmas Template in January is leftover decoration, not a message.
- Font
- Georgia, serif
- Speed
- 35
- Direction
- left
- Text Color
- #ff0000
Party Time
Party banners are for a room that is already loud. Keep the words to tonight’s name or start time. The gradient is the look; the Text still has to be short.
- Font
- Arial, sans-serif
- Speed
- 35
- Direction
- left
- Text Color
- #ff00ff