signwriter

4.7

A person who paints and designs signs for shops and public places

noun
/ˈsaɪnˌraɪtər/

: rotulista

The signwriter painted a beautiful mural.

Examples

Many traditional signwriters still use brushes and paint instead of digital tools.
The signwriter created a beautiful mural for the new café downtown.
The company hired a skilled signwriter to design their new logo above the entrance.
As a signwriter, she carefully painted each letter by hand on the shop window.
Did you hire a signwriter for the new store?
As a signwriter, she enjoys designing unique storefronts for various businesses.
After consulting with the owner, the signwriter painted a large sign for the theater.

Synonyms

calligrapher

vssignwriter

3 7.0

A person who writes beautiful, decorative letters by hand

is aimed at commercial design and painting rather than decorative writing

sign painter

vssignwriter

1 3.7

A person who makes signs and billboards by hand

also plans the look and layout, not only the hand painting

letterer

vssignwriter

Specialized

1 7.3

A person who writes or paints words on signs and art

works on the whole design and painting, not only individual letters

calligraphist

vssignwriter

8.4

A person who makes beautiful writing by hand

focuses on designing and painting for businesses, not general handwriting art

Surface Forms

signwriter singular

signwriters plural

Morphology

signwriter = sign + writer (transparent) = sign + writer

The meaning is directly the combination of 'sign' + 'writer' (a person who makes or paints signs), which is readily inferable from the components.

Etymology

The word signwriter is made of sign ('mark' or 'notice') and writer ('one who writes or paints letters'). So it literally means a person who makes and paints signs for shops and public places, which is exactly what a signwriter does.