Faceplates

[Andrew Schrock]

On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Dan Higdon wrote:

> This is sort of low-tech, but a method I've been using to make faceplates
> is pretty simple:  Start with a white panel, put those little "press-n-stick"
> adhesive letters you get from an office supply store down on it in the desired
> locations, spray the whole thing black, carefully remove the letters, and coat
> the entire thing in a spray varnish.  It looks really nice, although the
> letters
> are a little thick.  You can naturally do this in reverse (start dark, spray
> light), and the quality of the lettering depends on the size letters you get.

I've had good luck with dry transfer letters, but make sure you get a
*small* font. The Charettes in the town next to mine has nice small 12 and
9 point courier fonts that work quite nicely. I think a large 8.5x11 page
of these was around $10, and that had enough for a few 1U panels.
Certainly worth it if you're making small batches of something. 

But this is all old news to everybody, I'm sure. 

Andrew