Nice Simple Lightbox

[Hugh Potter]

works fine mate, good job jobbed!

[David Rogers]

good one for a first attempt.

As a tip for future reference, instead of trying to perfectly inset the red into the black border (impossible – there’s always some mis-alignment…and looks terrible if the vinyl moves or shrinks) make the inside lettering slightly bigger for an overlap to block out all of the light – or make a feature of it by making a white ‘halo’ of a couple of mm.

Dave

[Paul Humble]

quote David Rogers:

good one for a first attempt.

As a tip for future reference, instead of trying to perfectly inset the red into the black border (impossible – there’s always some mis-alignment…and looks terrible if the vinyl moves or shrinks) make the inside lettering slightly bigger for an overlap to block out all of the light – or make a feature of it by making a white ‘halo’ of a couple of mm.

Dave

Cheers guys, Dave its the first time ive tried to actually inset the red, normally id just cut the black as a solid block and lie the red ontop.

Your dead right about the light showing through, it does spoil it slightly. The idea of making it a feature is good one.

[Peter Dee]

Did you use translucent or solid vinyl? The red looks as though it might be ordinary vinyl from the image.

[Paul Humble]

quote Peter Dee:

Did you use translucent or solid vinyl? The red looks as though it might be ordinary vinyl from the image.

Its just solid vinyl, it was just a cheapy job for next door and he told me to just use what I had in stock. It was also a second hand light box that he supplied.