Channel letter manufacturers must consider various factors when designing their signs, including building location zoning and sign ordinance regulations as well as signage criteria in a business lease agreement.
This channel letter features fiber-optic cables to illuminate its clef. A lighting sequence alternating 36 colors simulates the effect of brushing or drawing out a treble clef, creating an optical illusion.
Durability
Channel letters are designed to be among the most visible and long-lasting signage types available, constructed using sturdy material – usually rustproof aluminum – while their sign face usually made of translucent acrylic material. This combination ensures your brand remains visible even after dark – an excellent solution for businesses operating during nighttime hours.
Standard front-lit channel letters are by far the most prevalent style. These signs combine aluminum backs and sides (known as returns), polycarbonate or acrylic faces illuminated internally by LEDs, and illuminated aluminum backs and sides to produce bright, clear, colorful signs which can spell out your business name or display its logo with ease.
Front-lit channel letters are perfect for storefronts, strip malls, office buildings and commercial facilities alike. Not only are they durable but their wide selection of fonts and colors can also help your brand to stand out.
Aesthetics
Utilizing colors, fonts and shapes that stand out can give your business an edge and increase brand recognition among your target market. Doing this may attract customers directly into your store or office.
Standard front-lit channel letters are constructed from translucent acrylic or vinyl faces with aluminum backs and sides, often painted to match your brand colors. Internal LED illumination adds an eye-catching element for maximum impact.
Open Face Lit channel letters offer another form of illuminated channel letters, featuring modern appeal that removes each letter’s face in order to maintain the focus on your logo or message. They typically utilize trim caps in order to maintain their clean, crisp appearance; however, thanks to improved manufacturing technology this type of sign can now also feature trimless designs – something commonly found in high-rise buildings and malls alike. Creative Sign Designs recently collaborated with Glazer Children’s Museum on designing eye-catching open face lit channel letters that match its aesthetic while standing out among its vibrant downtown Tampa surroundings – creating eye-catching open face lit channel letters designed by Creative Sign Designs which stand out in downtown Tampa’s bustling downtown Tampa area amidst all.
LED Illumination
As businesses compete to stand out in an increasingly-competitive business world, it has never been more important to create an image that will attract customers while setting you apart from your competition. Many businesses utilize channel lettering signage solutions as part of their branding efforts and to draw the eye away from competitors.
Channel letters offer one of the most versatile signage solutions for businesses of any kind, offering designs, fonts and illumination options that suit any occasion. In particular, when your lease agreement or local regulations permit illuminated signs they make a great way to showcase what makes you different while drawing people in to learn about what your company offers.
Internally-illuminated channel letters can be lit from any direction – front lit, reverse lit, front/backlit (duel lit). They consist of an aluminum back and sides known as returns with polycarbonate or acrylic sign faces made clear for open faced channels featuring neon or halo lit features; their lighting source being LEDs for efficiency and longevity.
Installation
Channel letters provide businesses with an effective and eye-catching means of advertising their company name, slogan or logo in an eye-catching way. Commonly used by retail and service industries alike to draw passersby’s attention while being highly visible from greater distances at night and during daytime hours.
Illuminated channel letter signs are an ideal way to attract customers into your business and increase brand recognition. Available in various sizes, fonts, mounts and lighting options, channel letter signs allow your organization to meet branding guidelines while customizing a sign that is uniquely you.
Raceway mounting is the go-to installation method, using a rectangular-shaped sign pan designed specifically for raceway signs to hold them and their power supplies together for an aesthetically pleasing, simple maintenance approach that requires less wall holes than flush or individual mount signs. This method works particularly well in locations with strict zoning restrictions or where building construction prohibits drilling through their faces of signs directly.
