- 1). Determine whether you plan to print your window decal on clear/transparent sticker paper or standard white/opaque sticker paper. Only a few software programs (Microsoft Paint, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom) allow for transparency; other programs such as Microsoft Publisher and Adobe InDesign don't have transparency capability, so they can be used for opaque designs.
- 2). Check the amount of sunlight your window receives throughout the day. This will have an impact on the colors you use in your decal to prevent fading. According to the Munsell Color Science Laboratory, colors that absorb more blue light, which has short wavelengths, experience chemical changes in the sun. This means that a decal with a lot of red will fade more than one with a lot of yellow.
- 3). Consider the window you'll be placing the design. Check for sliding elements, cracks or patchwork or panes that open facing out. Avoid the decal's placement interfering with any of these elements by measuring the space first.
- 4). Brainstorm the text for your decal. Consider its main purpose, which may be to alert emergency personnel of children and pets inside, to alert potential home buyers of an open house or to show your support for an upcoming election. Plan text spacing on a piece of paper similar in size before committing your design to print to ensure your letters and words have enough room and won't look squished or unreadable.
- 5). Open a graphics or desktop publishing program and sample the tools and options available. Try drawing the decal design with graphics tools such as a paintbrush, pencil and airbrush. Graphics editors also have text typing tools; test which fonts appear the easiest to read. Choose a bold, blocky font such as Arial Black or Bodoni Black; this doesn't mean your text will be black, it's just the style of the letters.
- 6). Make the most important element of the decal the largest on the page. For example, if the decal is to promote your home for sale, size the words "For Sale" or "Home For Sale" across the page in the largest font. Put extra information such as number of bedrooms, open house hours and Realtor contact information in a smaller font spaced around the main words.
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