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[[File:Signs.JPG|thumb|300px|Keep the signs bold and simple!]]
To make the sign, use cardboard or similar with a thick black (chalk) marker (e.g. Edding 4090) or India ink (works well with cotton buds). Write neatly in big, block letters the name of a city or the name of a road, or both. Write a big capital letter and then lower case characters: the varying forms of lower-case letters make at-once reading easier. The more space between each letter the better to be read from a distance.
[[File:Img_l_1306483.jpg|thumb|180px|right|[[User:MayaCova|MayaCova]] was using a white board with considerable success.]]
For long hitchhiking trips, an erasable white board is useful for making big, clear and reusable signs. The [http://www.bicworld.com/en/products/details/124/velleda-whiteboard Velleda] 30x44cm is the ideal size and very lightweight, albeit not very sturdy. Buy a wide chisel tip dry erase marker such as the Velleda 1781 or the Legamaster TZ150 to write thick lines.
