Open Face Channel Letters

Here at Wholesale Sign Superstore, Wholesale Manufacturer of outdoor and indoor lighted signs, all letters are precision crafted, completely welded, and painted per your specifications. Wholesale channel letters are available with or with out Neon or LEDs. All letters are wired with UL or ETL approved components.

Open face channel letters are only available with neon illumination. Reverse Channel letters can be illuminated by both LED and Neon. You will provide us the neon pattern or email us the artwork, and we'll make the pattern and the neon. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Channel letters are becoming one of the best marketing and brand recognition tools available. They represent one of the fastest growing areas of the signage industry. Whether it is indoor our outdoor malls or stand alone shopping center, channel letters are often the best choice available to identify a business. Channel letters come in a wide variety of lettering types, fonts, styles, and LED or Neon illumination.

We are here to accomodate your style and needs. Our expertise and knowledge are always on hand to assist you in making informed decisions about color, lighting, construction and design selections.

• Letter sizes from ten inches (can be smaller depending on stroke width) up to six feet. For larger sizes please contact us or see custom cabinets.
• Wide selection of acrylic face and plastic trim cap colors
• Variety of letter styles to custom logos and lettering for curved or architectural requirements

Variety of Letter Types:

• Open-face
• Custom shapes (for logos and symbols)

Quality Assurance:

• Computerized manufacturing for consistent fit and finish
• Leading brand name components
• UL and ETL labels on completed sets
• On/off switches
• State-of-the-art Eurocom 2000 pumping, bombarding system and electrodes
• Aging station to burn in neon
• Milliamp testing for transformer load calculation
• Hipot electric continuity test
• Light meter consistency monitoring
• All our channel letters are built to U.L. and E.T.L. standards

NEON Illumination:

Channel Letters are a highly effective form of advertisement and can be shaped to any letterstyle or logo. Historically, all channel letters were neon illimunated. However, emergence and decreasing price of LEDs gaining more and more ground versus Neon. When illuminated with neon this product is highly visible at night. A properly designed channel letter sign can effectively communicate your message for many years.

Note: Channel letter stroke over 5", should use double row of neon.

Front & Backlit Channel Letters & Logos:

Front & Back Illuminated Channel Letters are constructed to provide not only a front illuminated channel letter but also a reverse "halo" effect. This product can be assembled using one or two colors of illumination. Front & Backlit Open Face Channel Letters can only be illuminated with Neon. Front & Backlit Closed Face Channel Letters can be illuminated with both Neon and LED.

Front & Backlit Channel Letter - Not Illuminated

Front & Backlit Channel Letter - Illuminated

Packaging:

• Triwall boxes with peanuts for individual sets
  
• Wooden crating for raceway mounted letters
  
• Wiring diagrams and mounting patterns included with equipment

Manufaturing materials and methods:

• Neon: Voltarc©
• Plexiglas or Plexiglass LD faces
• CLN Channel Letter Fabrication machine
• Letter Lock 4000 fastening system
• All letter styles & standard colors
• Aluminum Construction
• Jewelite© Brand trim cap
• Quick and easy installation
• Long life expectancy, up to 100,000 hours of operation

Mounting options:

• Individual (surface mounted as individual pieces directly to the wall. Also called Flushmount or Remote Mounted.)
• Raceway (rectangular box - most popular method)
• Mounted to a sign cabinet face

Channel Letters on a raceway

Channel Letters on a raceway

 

Letters on a raceway have common wiring and ballasts which run through one or more common raceways. Although initially a little more expensive, the buyer recognizes large savings in installation, maintenance and initial wiring.

Note: Letters mounted directly to the wall will be provided with mounting holes and a pattern unless otherwise specified.

Supply us with the following information for your channel letter order:

• Letter height, stroke width and overal length of display
• Supplied vector artwork or font style or name
• Copy
• Return (side color)
• Mounting method
• Raceway color (if used)

Note: Stroke width cannot be less than 1.5 inches.

Best Fonts for Open Face Channel Letters:

• Helvetica Medium (Block)
• Helvetica Bold (Block)
• Arial Black (Block)
• Franklin Gothic Demi (Block)
• Futura Bold (Block)
• Optima Bold (Block)
• Impact (Block)
• Eurostile (Block)
• Lithograph (Block)
• Eras Bold (Block)
• Humanist 777 Bold (Block)
• Kabel Bold (Block)
• Exotic350 Bold (Block)
• Dom Bold (Round)
• Times Bold (Serif)
• Bookman Demi (Serif)
• Clarendon Bold (Serif)
• Palatino Bold (Serif)
• Garamond Bold (Serif)
• Goudy Bold (Serif)
• Century Schoolbook (Serif)
• Serifa (Serif)
• FrizQuadrata (Serif)
• Copperplate Gothic Bold (Serif)
• Souvenir Bold (Serif)
• Cooper Black (Serif/Round)
• Zapf Chancery (Serif/Italic)
• Brush Script (Script)
• Kaufmann Bold (Script)
• Commercial Script (Script)

Turn Around Time

We offer very competitive turn around times in the industry. Each job is unique and custom. Call us for details with your job specifications. In a bind? Use our JetService.