Dimensional Letters and Logos

Choosing the Right Solution for Your Brand and Facility

Dimensional letters can be integrated into custom interior signage, exterior signage, digital signage enclosures, and donor recognition walls. They project your brand identity in professional and substantive manner that intuitively communicates stability in the minds of your clients. To help educate marketplace, we have consolidated dimensional letters options into seven standardized series. These series are:

LF Series: Fabricated Letters LPS Series: Cut Metal Letters

LPL Series: Metal Laminate Cut Letters LM Series: Molded Plastic Letters

LPP Series: Precision Cut Acrylic Letters LC Series: Cast Metal Letters

LTV Series: Cut Vinyl Lettering

LPS Series: Cut Metal Letters

LM Series: Molded Plastic Letters

LC Series: Cast Metal letters

The most commonly recognized and used dimensional letter solution is the LF Series Fabricated Letters. This series can be fabricated using a variety of materials and manufacturing techniques to create visually striking effects for letter and logo forms.

LF Series: Fabricated Letters and Logos

Face-lit Channel Letters

Illuminated from neon or LED’s. Option of wall or raceway mounting. Can have self contained or remote mount transformers. Aluminum construction can be pop riveted or welded.

NOTE: The stroke width of a neon channel letter should never be less than 1.5” thick, or arcing may occur, which could cause a fire.

Halo-lit Channel Letters

Halo-lit channel letters Rated for interior and exterior use Materials: aluminum, brass, bronze, copper and stainless steel Finishes: brushed, polished, oxidized and painted, 140 standard paint colors, custom colors available Illumination options: face and halo with neon or LED Mounting: stud mounting in adhesive grouts for flush mounting or mechanical attachment provided for stand-off requirements

Routed and Cut Dimensional Letters and Logos

Cut from Metal, Acrylic, Laminates and Vinyl Material

In addition to the larger fabricated metal letters and channel letters, letterforms and logos can also be cut from a variety of substrates. The most commonly used substrates are aluminum and stainless steel, acrylic, metal and woodgrain laminates, and vinyl. The material thickness and mounting method varies by material. To help define each option, we’ve created four sections, or series, of cut letters.

LPS Series: Cut Metal Letters

Routed 0.25” aluminum (standard) with threaded studs welded or drilled and tapped for mounting. Nuts used as spacers to reach stand-off distance. Common material choices include aluminum, brass, bronze, chrome and copper. Finishes: brushed, polished and oxidized.

LPP Series: Precision Cut Acrylic Letters

Routed acrylic or Sintra®, 3MTM VHBTM adhesive transfer tape with VHB adhesive for flush mounting. For thicker material, threaded studs can be used for a “pin mounting” effect but it is not a common fabrication technique. These letterforms are rated for interior and exterior use.

LPL Series Metal Laminate Cut Letters

Rated for interior use only. Common material choices include aluminum, brass, bronze, chrome and copper. Finishes: brushed, polished and oxidized. Mounting: VHB tape and silicone adhesive

LTV Series: Cut Vinyl Lettering

Frisket painted or opaque vinyl graphics, for a non-illuminate face. Translucent vinyl on acrylic or fiberglass for illuminated faces.

Letterforms and Logos in Sign Panels and Faces

Routed Letterforms

Routed .090 aluminum face (standard) backed with white translucent acrylic. Vinyl overlays are used for alternate colors. VHB adhesive is used for mounting smaller sizes, and weld-on studs with clips is used to mount larger sizes.

Push-Through Letterforms

Routed .090 aluminum face (standard) with routed white or clear acrylic pushed through the panel face. The standard projection depth is 0.25”, but the depth is determined by the size the sign and the graphic designer’s intent. V inyl overlays are used for alternate colors. VHB adhesive is used for mounting smaller sizes, and weld-on studs with clips is used to mount larger sizes. Front VHB Tape or Silicon Adhesive Precision cut or routed acrylic or metal laminate Front Front 1.5” 10/24 threaded stud standard 0.25” routed aluminum or stainless steel Material varies Vinyl or frisket paint Front Front Plex clip Weld-on Stud Plex clip Weld-on Stud 3/16” white translucent acrylic standard 1/2” white translucent acrylic standard 1/8” acrylic Front .050” aluminum returns .063” aluminum backs Illumination from Trim-cap 1″