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Channel letters modelled with Channelier, printed and installed. Every sign below started as an Autodesk® Fusion 360™ model and ended up on a wall.

Jánošíkov Wellness, Slovakia

Our first outdoor commercial sign, at a wellness centre in the mountains of northern Slovakia. It has been outdoors since December 2022, through every winter since. janosikovdvor.sk

  • Place: Zázrivá, Slovakia, 2022
  • Add-in: Font Channelier Hobby, font Times New Roman Bold
  • Size: 3.6 m long, letters 210 to 280 mm high
  • Letters: 50 mm deep, 1 mm walls, 4 mm glass
  • Material: PETG; black walls, green glass, transparent white back for the halo on the brick
  • Light: warm white LED strip, 24 V
  • Mounting: aluminium rails
Jánošíkov Wellness channel letters on a brick wall in winter
Green illuminated 3D-printed channel letters JÁNOŠÍKOV WELLNESS at night
Mounting 3D-printed channel letters on a brick wall from a ladder
Close-up of glowing green 3D-printed channel letters on a wooden wall
Jánošíkov Wellness building at dusk with the illuminated sign
Detail of the letters ESS on a brick wall, lit from inside
Jánošíkov Wellness resort in winter with the green sign on the brick wall
3D-printed channel letters JÁNOŠ on a brick wall in daylight

Drawings from Autodesk® Fusion 360™

Drawing of the Jánošíkov Wellness sign: 3626 mm long, letters 214 to 279 mm high
The whole sign: 3626 mm
Drilling template for the letters J, Á and N with the hole positions for the rails
Drilling template: the hole positions for the rails, letter by letter

H&W: a wedding present

Marquee letters with light bulbs, made as a wedding present and the decoration of the wedding party. An RGBW remote sets the colour of the halo; the bulbs stay white.

  • Year: 2023, private
  • Add-in: Font Channelier Hobby
  • Size: 788 mm long, letters about 250 mm high
  • Material: PETG in four colours; transparent back, light blue-green walls, green glass, white bulbs
  • Light: RGB LED strip, 12 V, and large white LEDs in the bulbs
  • Mounting: aluminium rails
H&W marquee letters with bulbs on a bar counter at a wedding party
Close-up of the H&W letters: green glass, light walls and round bulbs
H&W sign lit green on a wall in the evening
H&W sign with a blue halo from the RGB LED strip

Designed in Autodesk® Fusion 360™

H&W letters in Autodesk Fusion 360: walls, glass, bulbs and two mounting rails
Walls, glass, bulbs and the two rails
Drawing of the H&W sign: 788 mm long, with the hole positions for the rails
Drawing with the hole positions for the rails

Hoblík: stacked letters

Our own test sign, on the material and tool shed. Each letter is stacked from two layers; the sign shows how the new stacked design and the printed parts last outdoors.

  • Place: Bratislava, Slovakia, 2024
  • Add-in: Font Channelier Hobby
  • Size: 945 mm long on 1080 mm rails, letters 340 mm high
  • Letters: 70 mm deep, 1.6 mm walls, 4 mm glass with a green insert
  • Material: PETG
  • Light: white LED strip, 24 V
  • Mounting: aluminium rails
HOBLÍK sign on a wooden shed at night
First lit letter of the HOBLÍK sign in the workshop
Lit HOBLÍK sign with stacked extrusions on the workbench
Close-up of stacked 3D-printed letters of the HOBLÍK sign

Designed in Autodesk® Fusion 360™

Hoblík sign in Autodesk Fusion 360: stacked letters in two layers on two rails
Two layers per letter on two rails
Hoblík sign in Autodesk Fusion 360 as a wireframe: walls, glass and rails of each letter
Wireframe: walls and glass of every layer
Drawing of the Hoblík sign: 945 mm long, on 1080 mm rails
Drawing with the hole positions for the rails

Inside a channel letter

Inside of 3D-printed channel letters: walls, bottom and coloured glass

Walls, bottom and coloured glass of a printed letter before assembly.