dimensional lettering

Dimensional lettering is signage with depth and no lamp in it. Letters are cut from solid material — cast acrylic, PVC, aluminium plate, brushed or polished stainless, sometimes a metal-laminate face over a lighter core — on a router or laser, then finished, painted or left in the raw material. Thickness ranges from a quarter inch for interior lobby copy to several inches for exterior building identification.

Mounting is what separates a clean install from a crooked one. Flush mounting glues or pins the letters tight to the surface. Stud mounting drills the wall to a paper or vinyl pattern and sets threaded studs in epoxy, optionally on spacers so the letters float and cast a shadow line. Either way the pattern, not the eye, sets the baseline. Because there is no electrical component, dimensional letters are frequently the fastest permit path — and on interior walls, often no permit at all.

This gallery is 69 photographs tagged "dimensional lettering" in Notatek's own archive, from 22 client projects and 3 service galleries. The deepest set in it is Steinway, with 8 photos; St. John Properties and Crumbl also appear. 30 of them are also tagged Lobby Signs, and 23 interior signage — the combinations this kind of work usually turns up in. Every photo links back to the project it came from.

Projects featured in this gallery

22 client projects contributed photos to this page:

69 dimensional lettering photos

Backlit Image FX wall sign with halo lighting in an office lobby.

Image FX

Backlit Image FX wall sign with halo lighting in an office lobby.

Backlit Image FX wall sign displaying Outshine The Competition in an office interior.

Image FX

Backlit Image FX wall sign displaying Outshine The Competition in an office interior.

Gold illuminated Steinway & Sons logo and lettering mounted on a grey textured wall.

Steinway

Gold illuminated Steinway & Sons logo and lettering mounted on a grey textured wall.

Black 3D CLBR logo sign mounted on a dark vertical slatted wall in a modern office lobby.

CLBR

Black 3D CLBR logo sign mounted on a dark vertical slatted wall in a modern office lobby.

Large dark blue wall wrap featuring white 3D Synergy logo in a modern office lobby.

Lobby Signs

Large dark blue wall wrap featuring white 3D Synergy logo in a modern office lobby.

Red dimensional lettering spelling ETHICON mounted on an interior lobby wall.

Lobby Signs

Red dimensional lettering spelling ETHICON mounted on an interior lobby wall.

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