How do I know what vinyl letter size I need?
Determining a vinyl letter size is easy with these simple tips.
When it comes to vinyl letter sizing a lot of people either shoot to big on sizing or aren't quite sure what size would work best for their situation and needs. There are a few tricks to help determine a perfect vinyl letter size, or sizes, which will help with online vinyl pricing or vinyl lettering quotations.
The following simple guidelines should be a great starting point for determining what vinyl letter size you will need for any vinyl lettering project.
LETTER SIZE: First and foremost, you'll need to understand that most all font characters are as wide as they are tall. So essentially a 5 inch tall letter will roughly measure about 4 1/4 inches wide. So even though a big letter sounds like what you need, when actuality you may only need a 2 inch letter to serve your lettering needs. (See VISIBILITY below...)
AVAILABLE SPACE: Measuring out the total space available on your preferred substrate will almost always help you better determine what letter size you can accommodate. For instance, if you have 15 characters that measure 4 inches in height by 3.2 inches in wide, and your window measure 36" wide you won't have enough to fit the text all on one line.
CHARACTER COUNT: Both of the above factors are directly affected by the amount of characters required to convey your lettering needs. So say if you want large lettering, depending on the character count, you may not be able to fit the lettering on the window space without either squishing, downsizing or breaking up the lettering into multiple lines of text.
VISIBILITY: Determine the acceptable distance that your lettering will need to be viewed from. Sometimes people think bigger is better, but that does not ring true, especially when you consider that a 2 inch letter can be viewed perfectly from about 50 plus feet away. Keep in mind that every inch in height of lettering can be viewed from about 25 to 30 feet away.
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