Channel Letters in Toronto

Channel letters are individual three-dimensional letters, each one built as its own shallow box and lit from inside with LEDs. The back is cut on a CNC router, the sides — the returns — are formed from a strip of aluminium three to six inches wide bent around that back, and the face is acrylic held in place by a trim cap. They are what most people picture when they picture a storefront sign, and they are the reason a shop still reads clearly from across a car park at ten at night.

What you get

• CNC-cut aluminium backs, formed aluminium returns, acrylic faces
• Lit from within with LED modules — no tubes, no transformer to hum
• Mounted straight to the wall, or on a raceway where the landlord limits drilling
• Trim cap in any colour, so the outline can match the face or disappear against it
• Around 15 to 40 watts a letter — a few dollars a month to run all evening