We recently made a lobby sign for Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television. They had already finished their new lobby and wanted a dimensional letter sign of their logo to go on the wall. Check out the photos to see how well these simple acrylic dimensional letters work with their lobby.
The reason we used acrylic is because it’s a very durable substrate, and one of our top choices in material for signs. The client wanted black lettering, and one of the standard colors that acrylic comes in is black. The client provided us with the artwork they wanted to use for the sign and we routed the letters from the acrylic based on their vector artwork. We used 1/4″ thick black acrylic so the letters would be 3-dimensional, but they didn’t come out too much. The letters were only 4 1/2″ tall so if we used too thick of a material, the letters could end up looking chunky.
For exterior acrylic dimensional letter signs, we usually always use at least 3/8″ thick acrylic. This is because acrylic needs to be at least 3/8″ thick to be stud mounted, and letters need to be stud mounted in order to be permitted by the city. Interior signs don’t need to be permitted so 1/4″ thick acrylic works fine. However, if we are mounting the sign with spacers on an interior wall, the letters do need to be at least 3/8″ thick. In this case, the mounted the letters with non-marking VHB which works fine because 1/4″ thick, 4 1/2″ tall acrylic letters aren’t too heavy and can be held up with just VHB.
This lobby sign it not the only sign we made for them. Check out the channel letter sign, monument sign letters, and ADA signs we also made for LMU School of Film and Television on our main blog.