In today's crowded cities and towns, we can sometimes see channel letters with

unique and unusual faces.In fact,Acrylic and polycarbonate materials are mainly used for channel letter faces. But,other materials including a glass, a sheet of steel, and a wire net start to be widely applied on the faces of channel letters.

ORDINARY MATERIALS FOR LETTER FACES

Having one's business name illuminated on the building itself is no longer a luxury to supplement a street side sign, it practically a necessity if you want to be noticed.And with a wide variey of lettering types,styles, and illumination opions,it is easy for businesses to select a cost efficient option to add to their visibility in the field.Channerl letter construction is the fastest growing sign field among retailers.We can classify channel letters into Standard (front-lit with plastic faces),Reverse("halo" lit with open backs or protective poly covers), Open-face and Custom shapes (for logos and symbols).And As for illumination options,Neon,LEDs, and cold cathodes are used to enhance its effect during a night. Among these lighting sources,Neon illuminations are dominantly applied on channel letters.In the case of neon application on channel letter,an acryic is the most common material while for LEDs illumination option,polycarbonate material has to be used for increasing the level of a diffused light.Recently,in addition to arcylics,polycarbonates and fles material,unusual and unique materials begin to be applied on the channel letter faces,which helps to need customers' satisfaction.

UNIQUE MATERIAL APPLICATION

In the most crowded street,a clothing store,which has just installed channel letter signs covered with a sheet of steel for its faces, has been paid great attention from passersby. To briefly explain its design and construction, the wood board was usesd for the reverse bed, and a sheet of steel was covered on the channel letter face.Hand written-like letter style doubles articstic effect,making perferct harmony with the neon illuminations.Basically,a sheet of steel is one of materials,which is mostly utilized on interior,and decoration of stores and shops.

Another prominent letters are made with wire net materials.Ordiany small,red channel letters are installed on the top of the lefr of the principally big channel letter (STARMARKET) to show its brand name. The channel letters are interesting and exciting enough to make passerby spend several minutes in taking a liij at it. The owner of the shop menrioned that I could not image the sign incrorporating into unique and peculiar materials provided extraordinary ad impact, and the material and design selection are significant to produce high-quality sign system.

LIGHTING SYSTEM DETERMINING MATERIALS OPTION

A variety of channel letter faces have currently come into fashion in sign making field.It is important to select the right materials and design concept to create the right impression the first time.Unlike the example described above,a store dealing with mobile phones has recently succeeded in mounting channel letters utilizing LED modules and glasses for its faces, not acrylics and oplycarbonates. Kim.Jinwoo,president of Neolight co.,said that we have introduced newly developed lighting technolohy called "Dotmatrix",which is not exactly LED module.For achieving the most original and natureal light from Dotmatrx lighting,we need to use glasses for covering channel letter faces. Convering the face of channel letter with acrylics and polycarbonate is like getting a pearl on mud.However, in the case of transparent application like glasses on channel letters,lighing systems in the channel letters should be orderly finished because it is almost like open-faced.