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Variant — Price per Sq Ft
Standalone letters ₹2,000.00 /sq ft
On an ACP base board ₹2,000.00 /sq ft

Give us your shop name or logo, and we turn it into raised acrylic letters, packed with LEDs, that glow from the front and the sides every night. We fix them on your wall one by one, or mount them on a neat ACP base board, and our own team installs them anywhere in Pune. What’s more, every letter is built to be opened, cleaned and moved again years later.

  • About ₹2,000 per square foot + GST as a budget figure (indicative); your exact price comes with a free proposal
  • Two ways to fix them: standalone letters straight on your wall, or letters on an ACP base board
  • Branded cast acrylic, industrial-grade LED modules packed less than an inch apart, every joint soldered
  • Any size from 3 square feet; installation in Pune from ₹10,000 + GST, shipping across India
  • Made in Pune; 6-month written warranty, and we repair our own boards for parts only after that

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Carbon & Chrome Automotive Studio: white 3D acrylic letters glowing through their faces and sides at night

3D LED acrylic letters · Acrylic glow sign boards · LED letter boards · Made in Pune

Letters that glow from the front and the sides

Raised acrylic letters, packed with LEDs, are the brightest way to put your name on your shop, showroom or building. By day they look like crisp, glossy coloured letters. At night every letter lights up from its face and its sides, so people see your name from far down the road.

Pebbles sign glowing at night

What it is

Your name in raised acrylic letters, lit from inside

Each letter of your sign is a small, hollow acrylic box with LED modules inside. Its face and its sides are both made of acrylic, so the light comes out of the front and out of every side. That is what gives these signs their rich, all-round glow.

You can fix the letters straight on your wall, each one on its own, or mount them on an ACP base board that we build for you. Either way, the letters stand out about 2.5 to 3 inches from the surface, so your name reads in true 3D.

Pebbles store front on MG Road with dual-tone 3D acrylic letters

Pebbles, MG Road, Pune, by day: pink acrylic sides with white faces

Night view of a neon glow sign board for the Pebbles garment store. Sign made of thick 3D acrylic letters in a pink and white combination and lit from within

The same Pebbles letters at night, glowing from the front and the sides

Tara Mulchand Sweets sign board: orange ACP base with raised white 3D acrylic letters TARA MULCHAND SWEETS, the logo in the top corner and the name in Marathi

Crisp by day, brilliant by night

Acrylic is a premium plastic with a glossy, glass-like finish, and its colours run right through the sheet. So even with the lights off, your letters look solid, bright and expensive.

When the lights come on, every letter starts glowing, and your shop front goes to the next level. Whether it is day or night, your sign keeps drawing attention to your door.

Newton Homes Royale lit acrylic logo on the entrance wall of Ravima's sales gallery, Pune, by Orchid Digitals

For shop fronts first, and for offices too

Most of our acrylic letters go up outdoors: on shop fronts, restaurants, showrooms, clinics, petrol pumps and building names. Because a standalone letter needs no board behind it, the same letters also look superb on office entrance walls and reception walls, like the lit logo we made for Ravima's sales gallery.

For a small logo inside a reception, our backlit acrylic logo boards may suit you better. Further down this page, you can compare all eight of our lit sign types.

Drawing: standalone acrylic letters and letters on an ACP base, cut through: LEDs inside, clear inner skirt, screws from the side through the skirt overlap, L-angles fixing the base frame to the wall (illustration)

Two ways to fix them

Standalone letters, or letters on an ACP base?

The letters are built the same way in both cases. What changes is what they are fixed to, how the wires run and how the sign looks on your wall. Here is how to choose.

Standalone letters

Look: each letter floats on your wall, with no board around it, for a clean, monolithic look

Wall: we drill one small hole behind each letter, so the wires run back through the wall

Best for: stone, granite, ACP or painted facades, gates, office walls and long building names

Budget figure: about ₹2,000 per square foot of the rectangle around all the letters

Letters on an ACP base board

Look: a framed sign, with the letters standing on a smooth board in the colour you choose

Wall: any wall; all the wiring stays inside the board and one cable comes out

Best for: rented shops, glass fronts, rough walls and shops that want a strong background colour

Budget figure: about ₹2,000 per square foot of the whole board

OM PETROLEUM in red 3D LED acrylic letters on a metal frame along the top of a stone wall, with a lit HP logo board at the end, at the fuel station at Ambegaon Budruk, Pune

Standalone letters: nothing between your wall and your name

Standalone letters do not save money, because each one is fixed and wired on its own. Clients choose them for the look: there is no visual break between the wall and the letters. The 22-foot OM PETROLEUM name stands on a slim frame along a stone wall, and the C.T.R. letters stand free on a factory terrace.

The finished Tara Mulchand Sweets board above the glass shop front, seen from across the street

On an ACP base: one tidy board, any wall

When you cannot drill through the wall behind your sign, for example in a rented shop or where the wall behind belongs to your neighbour, the ACP base is the answer. The wiring hides inside the board, and the whole sign fixes to the wall with L-angles. The Tara Mulchand Sweets board is a good example: white letters on a bright orange base.

Not sure which one suits your shop? Send us a photo of your shop front on WhatsApp, and we will suggest the right one in your free proposal.

Drawing: a 3D LED acrylic letter cut through, showing the ACP tray, clear acrylic inner skirt, LED modules less than an inch apart, acrylic side skirt and face, and the screws in the overlap (illustration)

How it's built

What goes inside every letter

Two acrylic signs can look the same on the first day and very different a year later. The difference lies inside, in materials and steps that most sign makers skip to save time. Here is how we build every letter, part by part; our guide how lit 3D letters are made walks through it with photos.

The ACP tray with its raised lip, lined with rows of LED modules

A tray and a lid, like a dabba

Every letter has two parts that close like a dabba. The tray is the back of the letter: aluminium composite panel (ACP), cut to the exact shape of the letter, with a 1-inch skirt standing up all round its edge. We stick the LED modules on the tray and screw the tray to your wall or to the base board.

The lid is the acrylic face with its own deeper acrylic skirt. It slides over the tray's skirt, much like the lid of a container, and we screw the two skirts together where they overlap.

The 3 mm white acrylic side skirt glows too, so the board reads from the side

Clear acrylic inside, so there is no shadow

Every sign maker builds that inner skirt on the tray. Most use opaque sunboard, because it is quick to bend. But since the outer side of the letter is translucent, opaque sunboard throws an ugly dark shadow across the lower half of every letter when you look at it from the side.

We make our inner skirt from clear acrylic instead. It is much harder to bend than sunboard, but the light now passes through it, and the letter glows evenly from top to bottom.

Mitesh Sanghani holding a lit acrylic letter A that glows from its face and its sides

Sides bent by hand and bonded three ways

We cut each face on our laser cutter and shape its side skirt from a straight strip of acrylic. We heat the strip along each bend until it turns flexible and fold it to follow the outline of the letter exactly.

Then we bond the skirt to the face three ways: with a little bond, reinforced with chloroform, and then with acrylic dust pressed into the inside corner and sealed with a few more drops of chloroform. So the faces never fall off, and the sides never come away. Many sign makers cut this corner, which is why you see so many acrylic signs with a missing face or a broken side.

The printed planet face of the logo plate with its deep white acrylic sides, in our workshop

Branded cast acrylic

We use branded cast acrylic, Lucite™ or Astari™, which costs more than the unbranded sheet many sign makers use. Cast acrylic keeps its colour and gloss outdoors, cuts with clean, polished edges and does not craze, which means it does not develop the network of fine hairline cracks that cheaper sheet gets with age, sun and solvents.

All acrylic yellows a little over the years, but cast acrylic yellows very, very slowly. We still see boards we built eight to ten years ago that look as good as new.

LED modules laid out to fill the shape of the logo plate before it was closed

Packed with LEDs: brighter than the street lights

We do not skimp on LEDs. Inside our letters, the modules sit less than an inch apart, side to side and top to bottom, so every letter is packed full of light. The result is a glow that is brighter than anything our competitors give. In our experience, our signs shine brighter than the street lights outside your shop.

We use industrial-grade modules from UNI™, Rishang™ or Ares™ as standard (Osram™, Philips™ or Samsung™ on request). They cost far more than decorative LEDs, they are fully waterproof and outdoor grade, and their makers rate them to keep at least 70% of their brightness for more than 50,000 hours.

TOY PLANET letters with their LED modules inside, sitting on the printed logo plate during assembly

An even glow, with no spotting

Put any surface too close to an LED, and you start to see each dot of light through it. In our trade, we call this spotting. Our faces sit about 2 inches in front of the modules, and each LED wears a small clear lens that spreads its light wide. Together, they blend the light into one smooth, bright glow across the whole face.

In narrow strokes and tight corners, we mix in micro modules, half the size of our standard 3-LED modules, so thin parts of a letter glow as well as the wide parts.

Soldered wire joint covered with a black heat sleeve on the LED strips inside a fabric light box

Wiring that is built to last

We never simply twist wires together and tape them. We solder every joint and seal it in a heat sleeve, so a wire cannot work loose, lose contact or short out. Our power supplies run at no more than about three quarters of their rated load (about 300 watts on a 400-watt supply), so they stay cool and last longer.

On standalone letters, the power supply sits out of sight behind the wall or above a false ceiling. On an ACP base board, it sits inside the board.

A screw through the acrylic side skirt into the lip of the ACP tray behind it

Easy to open, easy to move

Because the lid screws onto the tray, we can lift it off years later to replace an LED, fix a loose joint or clean out dust. If you move to a new shop, we take the lids off, unscrew the trays and fix the same letters again at your new address.

The trays are ACP, a metal composite, so they do not crack when we unscrew them. Plastic backs harden over time and often crack when sign makers try to remove them. All our screws stay hidden inside the letters, so the front looks perfectly neat.

TOY PLANET letters with their LED modules inside, sitting on the printed logo plate during assembly

TOY PLANET letters packed with LED modules in our workshop, before the faces went on

Colourful Jumpstart pre-school acrylic letters and stars laid out in the Orchid Digitals workshop before fitting

Jumpstart pre-school letters and stars, finished in our workshop before fitting

Wiring the LED modules inside the tray before the acrylic lid goes on

Wiring the modules inside a tray: every joint soldered

A lit acrylic letter turned to show its glowing acrylic side

A finished acrylic letter switched on: face and sides glow together

A finished red acrylic letter A with acrylic sides, in our workshop

A red acrylic letter: the face and the sides are the same glossy acrylic

Close-up of the T and R: glossy red acrylic faces and sides about 2.5 in deep, and the 3D dots

C.T.R.: glossy red faces and sides, about 2.5 inches deep

What we build with

The materials inside every sign

Every lit sign we make is built from the same handful of quality materials. Here they are, so you know exactly what you are paying for and can compare like with like.

Various shades / colours of acrylic sheets that go into the making of acrylic signs and boards

Cast acrylic sheets in a whole album of colours, for the faces and sides of the letters

Mirror-finish gold acrylic sheet with its clear protective film peeling back from one corner

Mirror-gold acrylic, for premium gold faces

Glossy black acrylic sheet with its paper masking peeled back, showing the reflective surface

Glossy black acrylic, for faces whose sides glow

ACP or aluminium composite panels are sheets of plastic sandwiched with aluminum foil. they can be printed upon to create very strong and long lasting signs.

ACP (aluminium composite panel): the trays of the letters and the base boards

aluminium section for pinup board white green board

Aluminium sections, joined into the frame inside a base board

The back of an ACP sign board on a workshop stand, built on a rust-proof aluminium section frame with the LED wiring led out through grommets

The back of an ACP base board on its rust-proof aluminium frame

LED modules for sign boards in three colours: white, warm white and RGB multicolour

LED modules in white, warm white and RGB colours

Rows of 3-LED modules fixed across the tray for an even glow

Rows of 3-LED modules fixed inside a tray

An LED driver, the power supply that feeds the LED modules inside a glow sign board

An outdoor LED power supply (driver)

Photographs of the materials we use in our workshop and on our jobs.

Drawing: acrylic letters glowing from the front and sides next to channel letters glowing only on the face, close up and from far away (illustration)

Acrylic or channel letters?

The one difference every client asks about

Acrylic letters glow from the front and the sides, because their sides are acrylic too. Channel letters have aluminium sides, so only their face glows, and by day their sides show the colour of the metal.

Both kinds are packed full of LEDs, so both shine brightly. The difference is in how that light leaves the letter.

A red acrylic letter A glowing on its sides beside a channel letter A that glows only on its face, at night

At night: a red acrylic letter glows on its sides; the channel letter beside it glows only on its face

A lit acrylic letter turned to show its glowing acrylic side

An all-acrylic letter lights up its sides as brightly as its face

Pebbles Budding Fashions sign at night: white-faced acrylic letters with glowing pink sides

A word of caution: give your letters room

Because acrylic letters throw light out of their sides, letters set very close together can shine into each other. From far away, they may look a little merged, and individual letters become harder to make out.

Channel letters block the light at their sides, so every letter keeps a crisp, clear border from any distance. If your sign must be read from far away, with tight letter spacing, we may suggest channel letters, or more space between the acrylic letters. We show you both options in your proposal.

Be You Makeover Salon sign: white acrylic letters and a colourful printed logo, lit

Faces, colours and light

Make the letters yours

You choose the colour of the faces, the colour of the sides, the colour of the light and any trim. Here are the options.

Thick letters made from green and red acrylic cut in the shape of the Karhai King logo mounted on a black ACP frame

Solid acrylic colours

We stock a whole album of acrylic colours: red, blue, green, yellow, orange and white, and also mango yellow, parrot green, rani blue (indigo) and cyan blue, among others. The colour runs right through the sheet, so even a cut edge shows the same colour.

Your faces and your sides can be different colours. The Pebbles letters, for example, have white faces with pink sides, which look stunning by day and by night.

Close-up of the printed logo: crisp white letters and the trademark sign on the red face

Your exact brand colour, or your artwork, in printed backlit vinyl

When you need an exact brand shade, or a logo with artwork in it, we print it on backlit vinyl (a translucent vinyl that lets light through), cut it to the shape of the letter and apply it on a white acrylic face. In our experience, printed backlit vinyl gives more punch and more vibrant colour than printing straight on acrylic, which we can also do on request.

Please note: a printed face looks different by day and by night. By day, it looks like any good print. At night, the light behind it shifts the colours slightly. Most corporate clients know this and accept it, but we want you to know it too.

Drunken Monkey restaurant sign: black-faced acrylic letters whose sides glow yellow

Black faces, glowing sides

Because the sides of our letters are acrylic, a dark face turns the sign inside out: by day you read crisp black letters, and at night only their sides glow, drawing a bright outline round every letter. The Drunken Monkey restaurant sign is made this way.

The tooth-shaped Panacea logo sign lit: the white acrylic face glows and the mirror gold letters and tooth outline read dark against it

Mirror-gold faces

For a premium touch, we lay 3-millimetre mirror-gold acrylic on the face of each letter, cut a few millimetres inside its outline. By day, you see a shining gold letter with a thin edge of the acrylic face around it. At night, that thin edge and the acrylic sides light up around the gold, so the gold letters seem to float on a ring of light.

On the Panacea dental clinic sign, mirror-gold lettering sits on a glowing white face. On the Amar Tea Co. board below, every gold letter has its glowing rim and sides.

The Amar Tea Co. board from an angle, showing the depth of the 3D letters and the Marathi name

Amar Tea Co. by day: mirror-gold faces on 3D acrylic letters, over a marble-finish ACP base

The board from below on its projecting frame: the teacup logo lit and the gold letters glowing from their side edges

The same board lit: the rim and the acrylic sides glow round every gold letter

Close-up of the two-layer faces: orange acrylic letters pasted on white acrylic, with aluminium channel sides

Two-layer faces: a special build

A face with a second acrylic layer, such as orange letters on white, is not a standard option. It is a much bigger job, it changes how the letter glows and it costs more, so we offer it only on request and price it in your proposal.

Drawing: the same white acrylic letters lit in white 6,500 K, natural white 4,000 K and warm white 3,000 K, with matching bulbs (illustration)

Three shades of white light

We light our letters in white (about 6,500 K), natural white (about 4,000 K) or warm white (about 3,000 K). K stands for kelvin, the measure of the colour of light: the lower the number, the warmer and more yellow the light. Most companies choose white, because it does not disturb their logo colours. Home-interior brands, hotels and restaurants often prefer natural or warm white, which looks richer. It is entirely your choice.

Keep in mind that light changes the colour of a face. White acrylic suits white light; under warm white, a white face looks yellowish. Colour-changing RGB lighting is also possible, at extra cost.

Close-up of the T and R: glossy red acrylic faces and sides about 2.5 in deep, and the 3D dots

Sizes

From a 3-square-foot logo to a 40-foot building name

We make every sign to measure. The smallest sign we make is 3 square feet (for example 3 by 1 feet), and there is no upper limit: building names 40 feet long are no problem.

Letters stand out about 2.5 inches from the surface when they are up to about 2 to 2.5 feet tall, and about 3 inches from 3 feet upwards. The extra depth costs you nothing; deeper letters on request.

Drawing: a bold stroke with standard LED modules, a narrow stroke with micro modules, and a hairline script that is too thin for LEDs (illustration)

Small letters and thin fonts

LEDs need room. Every stroke of a hollow letter must be at least 1 inch wide, and the smallest letter we make this way is about 6 inches tall. A tagline in smaller type works better as flat in-cut letters on the base board, or printed. In narrow strokes and tight curves, we fit micro modules, half the size of our standard modules, so thin parts glow as brightly as the wide ones. A hairline script, with strokes only a few millimetres wide, has no room for LEDs at all, so we suggest a thicker font or another way to make it. In your proposal, we point out any letters whose font needs thickening.

Dusk view along the wall: the HP board and the red 3D acrylic letters, with traffic on the highway beside the pump

Long boards and big building names

ACP sheets come 8 by 4 feet, and some colours 10 by 5 feet. A longer base board is built from several sheets on one frame, with the joints filled with silicone matched to the colour of the ACP. The joints are hard to spot, but you can see them if you look closely. Standalone letters have no such joints.

Smallest sign

3 square feet, for example 3 by 1 feet.

Depth

About 2.5 inches; about 3 inches for letters of 3 feet and more, at no extra cost.

Stroke width

At least 1 inch, so the LEDs fit inside; smaller text is better as in-cut or printed letters.

Largest

No limit; long ACP bases are joined every 8 to 10 feet.

Drawing: the rectangle around standalone letters, 8 x 1.5 feet, and a whole ACP base board, 8 x 3 feet, with budget figures (illustration)

Price

What your sign will cost

For planning, budget about ₹2,000 per square foot + 18% GST. This is a budget figure, not a final price. Every sign is different: the size of each letter, how much acrylic it takes, how many LEDs go inside and how hard the sign is to install all change the cost.

We measure the area differently for the two kinds of sign. For standalone letters, we measure the rectangle around all the letters. For letters on an ACP base, we measure the whole board. A few letters on a big board cost less than this figure; many letters and logos packed into the same space cost more. Large boards and long building names are usually priced below ₹2,000 per square foot in the proposal.

Worked examples (budget figures)

Standalone

"YOUR SHOP" in letters about 1.5 feet tall, 8 feet long: 8 x 1.5 = 12 square feet, about ₹24,000 + GST

Long name

OM PETROLEUM, 22 x 1.5 feet: 33 square feet, about ₹66,000 + GST as a budget figure

On a base

A shop board 8 x 3 feet: 24 square feet, about ₹48,000 + GST

Real price

Your exact price comes in the free proposal, and it is often below the budget figure on big signs

Included in the budget figure

Branded cast acrylic faces and sides, the ACP trays and, on a board, the ACP base on its aluminium frame

Industrial-grade LED modules, the power supply and all the soldered wiring

A full-size stencil for standalone letters, and a test in our workshop

Your free proposal with layout, sizes, materials and day and night views

Quoted separately

Installation, from ₹10,000 + GST in Pune, and transport

Frames for terraces and open sites, projecting or hanging frames, scaffolding or a gondola

Two-layer faces, RGB lighting and a timer

The licence from the municipal corporation and a power point near the sign (yours to arrange), and 18% GST

Drawing: the rectangle around standalone letters, 8 x 1.5 feet, and a whole ACP base board, 8 x 3 feet, with budget figures (illustration)

Why per square foot, and not per letter?

Some sign makers advertise a price per letter, for example ₹450 to ₹1,500 a letter. That is a very wide range, and it hides everything that matters. Is the price for a 2-inch letter or a 3-foot letter? How deep is it? What LEDs are inside? Is there a base?

A budget figure per square foot of your sign is far easier to compare, and the proposal then shows you exactly what you get for your money.

Enter the width and height of your sign in the calculator at the top of the page for an instant budget figure.

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Drawing: four steps to fit standalone acrylic letters, with every screw hole, wire hole and LED inside the letter outlines (illustration)

Standalone letters

How we fix and wire standalone letters

We fix every standalone letter straight to your wall. First we tape a full-size stencil to the wall, which marks every screw hole and every wire hole. We drill the holes, fit round wall plugs and screw each tray, with its LEDs, to the wall. The wire of each letter goes back through a small hole behind it. Then the covers go on, and every screw stays hidden.

Behind the wall, we join the wires to the power supply, which sits out of sight behind the wall or above a false ceiling.

Bright and colorful stand-alone LED letters cut in the shape of the Jumpstart pre-school logo. Acrylic LED letters fitted directly on the frame of a gate

When the wall behind cannot be drilled

Sometimes the wall behind your sign belongs to your neighbour, or there is glass behind it, so the wires cannot go back through it. If you want no visible wire at all, we recommend letters on an ACP base board instead.

If you still prefer standalone letters, we can, on rare occasions, wire them from the front. We use thin, translucent wires, which carry the small load of a letter easily. You can still see them, but far less than a black wire on a white wall.

C.T.R. in red 3D LED acrylic letters standing free on the terrace of CTR’s factory, Nagar Road, Pune, with no board or wall behind them

Letters on a frame: terraces, gates and open sites

Where there is no wall, we fix the letters on a metal frame. The C.T.R. letters stand on a frame on a factory terrace, built at a right angle with supports behind it, and the Jumpstart letters sit on the frame of a school gate. We price frames separately in the proposal, once we know how the sign will be installed. A simple square or rectangular frame does not cost much.

Acrylic letters mounted on a metal frame dangling from the ceiling. LEDs embedded inside the hollow acrylic letters

Letters hanging from a ceiling

Standalone letters can also hang in the air, on a slim metal frame suspended from a ceiling, like the sign we made for Loca Nails salon. It is a striking way to sign a mall shop, a café or a reception.

Drawing: aluminium frame, ACP folded round the pipe at a V-groove, and joints on long boards (illustration)

Letters on an ACP base

How we build the base board

We build our base boards the same way under every lit sign we make, whether the letters on top are acrylic, channel, crystal or metal. Wherever possible, the frame inside is made of aluminium sections: hollow pipes 1 inch thick and 1, 1.5 or even 3 inches deep, joined into a rectangle.

Then we wrap the ACP sheet round the frame, much like a bedsheet round a mattress. To get a seamless fold, we cut a V-groove along the back of the ACP, which lets it bend cleanly round the pipe. The edge comes out perfectly straight, with no joint.

Illustration: side and front views of how the board sits on L-brackets fixed into the wall, with orange ACP over an aluminium frame and 3D acrylic letters lit from inside

Fixed to your wall with L-angles

We fix the board to your wall with L-angles or brackets. A board that projects from the wall or stands off it needs a stronger fabricated bracket, like the one that holds the Insta Owl board at the edge of a balcony; we price that separately in the proposal.

The 10 ft lit sign board for Dr Aditi Natu’s Panacea Multispeciality Dental Care switched on: five glowing photo windows and the clinic name on a silver-grey ACP base

A base that glows too

See more boards on an ACP base in our Our Work stories for Toy Planet and Carbon & Chrome. If the base itself is made of acrylic instead of ACP, the whole board can glow, as on the Panacea dental clinic board. That is a different build, and our service page shows more examples.

Straighter

An aluminium frame gives a much straighter finish than a hand-welded iron frame.

Lighter

Hollow aluminium is far lighter than iron, so the board is easy on your wall.

Rust-proof

No ugly brown rust streaks running down from the corners after a few years.

Any finish

Solid colours, metallic, brushed, marble and wood finishes, from our ACP catalogue.

The board from below on its projecting frame: the teacup logo lit and the gold letters glowing from their side edges

Amar Tea Co.: gold-faced letters on a marble-finish ACP base, lit

The Amar Tea Co. board from an angle, showing the depth of the 3D letters and the Marathi name

The same board by day, showing the depth of the 3D letters

Toy Planet in Kalyani Nagar, Pune, at night: the TOY PLANET logo, the Marathi name and a collage of lit 3D acrylic shapes glowing on the blue fascia (photo from Toy Planet’s Google listing)

Toy Planet, Kalyani Nagar: letters and shapes on a blue ACP fascia

The magenta and white 3D acrylic logo lit up on the black ACP facade

Carbon & Chrome: a magenta and white logo on a black ACP facade

The Insta Owl board at the front edge of a balcony high on an office building, Pune: 3D LED acrylic letters on a white-to-blue gradient panel

Insta Owl: a board hung at the edge of a balcony high on an office building

Black ACP base frame with 3D letters fabricated out of orange colored acrylic to create a highly attractive shop board for Mahaveer Stores

Mahaveer Stores: orange acrylic letters on a black ACP base

Wide view from the forecourt side: the red letters standing on their metal frame above the stone wall, with the frame uprights visible behind

Installation and delivery

Installed by our own team in Pune, shipped across India

Our own team installs every sign in Pune. Installation starts from ₹10,000 + GST; we also install smaller signs, at a slightly higher price, once we have studied the job. Transport, the height of the sign, scaffolding and brackets all go into the installation price in your proposal.

Outside Pune, we either ship your sign ready to fit, with a full-size stencil, the power supply and instructions for your electrician, or send our own team for larger jobs. We suggest the option that suits your job; we have shipped signs as far as Kodaikanal.

1

Send us three things

A photo of the site, the rough size you have in mind and your logo or the words you want.

2

Your free proposal

Layout, sizes, materials, colours, and your sign drawn on a photo of your shop by day and by night.

3

Approve and pay

Once you are happy with the proposal and the price, you approve it and pay in advance.

4

Fabrication and a workshop test

We build and switch on every letter in our workshop before it leaves.

5

Stencil, holes and wiring

On site, the stencil marks every hole; we drill, plug and run the wires.

6

Fixing and switch-on

We fix the letters or the board, switch on, check every letter and clean up.

The LED power supply in a housing cabinet on the terrace, feeding the letters above

What you arrange

Please arrange the licence from the municipal corporation, if your sign needs one, and ask your electrician for a power point near the sign. We can give you the sign size and a drawing for your application.

The larger face during installation, the letters still in their protective film

Usually 5 to 10 working days

Most signs are ready to install 5 to 10 working days after you approve the proposal and pay. This is a typical time, not a promised date; big or complex signs take longer, and we tell you in the proposal.

Proposal site render: the new ISKCON Gifts board placed on a photo of the store in a day view and a night view

Free proposal

No site visit needed for your proposal

Most clients first ask us to come and see the site. A site visit is a paid service (the fee is adjusted in your bill if you order). But you can save it altogether: send us three things, and we build your proposal free of charge, without visiting.

1.A photo of the place where the sign will go.

2.A rough size, for example 8 or 10 feet wide, 3 or 4 feet high. It does not need to be exact at this stage.

3.Your logo as a CDR or AI file, or simply the words you want. If you have no logo, we lay out your words for you.

The proposal is free, with no strings attached. The first version may not carry the final price, but it is a good place to start, and we refine it with you until it is perfect. See how we plan your sign board.

Proposal page showing what we are aiming for: a day and night mock-up of the ISKCON Gifts glow sign board on the storefront

From a proposal: what we are aiming for, by day and by night

Proposal dimensions page: the overall board size and the width and height of every element, for the client and architect to check

From a proposal: the size of every element, for you and your architect to check

The same Tara Mulchand Sweets board switched on in our workshop before installation: white 3D acrylic letters, logo and ॐ glowing, light spilling from the letter sides onto the floor

Power, warranty and care

Low running costs and a long life

LED modules use very little power. As an illustration, a 6 by 3 foot sign draws about 100 to 150 watts, which is about 1 to 1.5 units of electricity for a 10-hour night. Your sign may use more or less, depending on its size, its type and the number of LEDs. Leave it on all night, or ask us for a timer that switches it off at midnight (at extra cost).

Every sign carries a 6-month written warranty from the day we install it. After that, we still repair the signs we made and charge only for the part we replace. If a single letter is damaged later, or you change one word, we can remake those letters and swap them in.

Six-month warranty

In writing, from installation, on the LEDs, the power supply and the wiring.

Repairs at parts cost

After the warranty, we repair our own signs and charge only for the parts.

Cleaning

Wipe the letters with a soft cloth and mild soapy water. Never use thinner or acetone.

Keep them clear

Please do not hang festival lights or banners on the letters.

Applications

Where acrylic letters work best

Our acrylic letters go up wherever a name has to be seen, by day and by night.

Shop fronts and showrooms

Your name in glowing letters above the door, from a small boutique to a car showroom. More ideas for shops and showrooms.

Restaurants and cafés

A bright name that pulls the evening crowd, indoors or out, like the Aiyoo Appa! sign. See all our restaurant signage.

Clinics and hospitals

Clear, calm names for doctors, dental clinics and hospitals.

Building names and gates

Long names along a facade or on the frame of a gate.

Petrol pumps

Names that read clearly across a forecourt and a busy road; see our petrol pump signage.

Office entrances and receptions

Standalone logos on an entrance wall or behind the reception desk, for offices of every size.

Housing societies

Society names on the gate or the entrance wall of housing societies.

Malls and hanging signs

Letters on a slim frame hung from a ceiling.

Toy Planet in Kalyani Nagar, Pune, at night: the TOY PLANET logo, the Marathi name and a collage of lit 3D acrylic shapes glowing on the blue fascia (photo from Toy Planet’s Google listing)

Toy Planet, Kalyani Nagar: a shop front that glows like a toy box

Drunken Monkey restaurant sign: black-faced acrylic letters whose sides glow yellow

Drunken Monkey: a restaurant name in raised acrylic letters

Amar Tea Co. sign: marble-finish ACP base, lit teacup logo and gold-faced 3D acrylic letters, Since 1962, Tea Merchant

Amar Tea Co.: a tea merchant's board on a marble-finish base

Red 3D LED acrylic letters OM PETROLEUM and a lit HP logo board on the wall of an HP petrol pump at Ambegaon Budruk, Pune, by Orchid Digitals

Om Petroleum: red letters along the wall of an HP petrol pump

3D letters made of white acrylic with a black surface on top. LEDs embedded inside the letters to give them a beautiful glow. Letters drilled directly onto the wall

Eternus Solutions: letters fixed straight onto an office wall

Newton Homes Royale lit acrylic logo on the entrance wall of Ravima's sales gallery, Pune, by Orchid Digitals

Newton Homes Royale: a lit logo on a sales-gallery entrance wall

Aiyoo Appa! restaurant sign, 15 ft wide, in raised yellow and green 3D acrylic letters with a cartoon logo

Aiyoo Appa!: a 15-foot restaurant sign in yellow and green

Bright and colorful stand-alone LED letters cut in the shape of the Jumpstart pre-school logo. Acrylic LED letters fitted directly on the frame of a gate

Jumpstart pre-school: colourful letters on the frame of a gate

Acrylic letters mounted on a metal frame dangling from the ceiling. LEDs embedded inside the hollow acrylic letters

Loca Nails salon: letters hanging from the ceiling

LED acrylic board for the Kesar Gold Jewellery store. Laser cut letters beautifully glowing from the sides and front with a warm white glow and outlining black acrylic letters on the front

Kesar Gold: warm white letters glowing from the front and the sides

La Crème cakes and patisserie sign at night: lit letters and logo

La Crème cakes and patisserie, lit at night

Bombaywala Stores sign at night: gold-faced 3D acrylic letters glowing above the shop

Bombaywala Stores: gold-faced letters above the shop

Royal Baking Co. sign: white acrylic letters with gold faces on a white board with a gold border

Royal Baking Co.: white letters with gold faces on a white board

The finished Carbon & Chrome sign on the ACP facade, with the bamboo scaffolding still up

Carbon & Chrome Automotive Studio, still on scaffolding

Close-up of the Insta Owl board: 3D acrylic owl logo and letters about 2.5 in deep, and the steel bracket running back to the wall behind the board

Insta Owl: owl logo and letters about 2.5 inches deep

Every photograph on this page shows a sign we made and installed.

Watch

See our acrylic letters being made and lit

Prices mentioned in our older videos may be out of date; the budget figure on this page is current.

Acrylic letters versus channel letters

Watch a red acrylic letter and a channel letter side by side, by day and at night, and see how the acrylic sides glow.

3D acrylic letters on an ACP base

Part 1 of our series: how 3D acrylic letters are made and mounted on an ACP frame, with signs for Drunken Monkey and Royal Baking Co.

Standalone acrylic letters

Part 3: letters fitted straight onto the wall, with no board behind them.

How we quote a sign board

Why we budget per square foot, and how your free proposal turns into an exact price.

From a bare brick wall to a signed shop front

A short look at a shop front before and after its new sign.

Ten types of glow sign boards

Our long overview of every lit sign we make, if you are still choosing.

Not sure which sign?

Compare all eight of our lit sign types

Acrylic letters are one of eight lit signs we make. Here is when each one is the better choice. Until each one has its own page, the cards open the matching section of our 3D LED sign boards page.

Acrylic letters (this page)

Glow: front and sides

Best for: a bright, colourful name that glows all round

Budget figure: about ₹2,000 per square foot

Channel letters

Glow: face only; metal sides

Best for: crisp letters read from far away

Budget figure: about ₹2,000 per square foot

Stencil-cut and in-cut boards

Glow: letters cut into a lit ACP box

Best for: small text and a flat, neat board

Budget figure: about ₹2,000 per square foot

Stainless steel letters

Glow: none, or a halo on the wall behind

Best for: a premium metal finish

Budget figure: from ₹800 per square foot (non-lit)

Still choosing? Read our guide to choosing a shop sign board, compare 2D light boxes and 3D LED letters, or browse all our sign boards. Need a small logo for a reception instead? See our backlit acrylic logo boards and fabric light boxes, or send us a photo on WhatsApp and we will suggest the right sign.

The client’s design and our updated layout for the two Toy Planet fascia faces

Design files

What to send us for your design

Send your logo as a vector file, ideally CDR or AI. If you have no logo and just want simple words, tell us the words and we lay them out on the sign for you, in a font that suits acrylic letters.

Every stroke must be at least 1 inch wide on the finished sign. In your proposal, we point out any part of your logo that needs thickening, and any small text that is better made another way.

CDR

AI

PDF

EPS

SVG

We set up your file for production, but we don't design logos from scratch. If you need a logo, we can recommend good designers in Pune.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions

What is a 3D LED acrylic letter sign board?

It is a sign made of raised, hollow acrylic letters with LED modules inside. Because the face and the sides of each letter are acrylic, every letter glows from the front and from the sides. The letters are fixed on your wall one by one, or mounted on an ACP base board.

How much does it cost?

Budget about ₹2,000 per square foot + 18% GST. For standalone letters, we measure the rectangle around all the letters; for letters on a base, the whole board. Your exact price comes in a free proposal, and on large signs it is usually below this figure. Installation is quoted separately.

Why do you price per square foot and not per letter?

A price per letter hides the size, depth, LEDs and base of the letter, so it cannot be compared. A budget figure per square foot of your sign is easier to compare, and your proposal shows exactly what you get.

What is the difference between acrylic letters and channel letters?

Acrylic letters have acrylic sides, so they glow from the front and the sides. Channel letters have aluminium sides, so only the face glows and each letter keeps a crisp edge from any distance. Acrylic letters set very close together can glow into each other when seen from far away.

Standalone letters or an ACP base: which should I choose?

Choose standalone letters for a floating look on a wall we can drill through behind each letter. Choose an ACP base for any wall, including rented shops and glass fronts, because all the wiring stays inside the board and only one cable comes out.

What is the smallest and the largest sign you make?

The smallest sign is 3 square feet. There is no upper limit: we make building names 40 feet long. Every stroke must be at least 1 inch wide, so the smallest hollow letter is about 6 inches tall.

How deep are the letters?

About 2.5 inches for letters up to about 2 to 2.5 feet tall, and about 3 inches from 3 feet upwards, at no extra cost. Deeper letters are possible on request.

Do you install the sign?

Yes. Our own team installs every sign in Pune, from ₹10,000 + GST; smaller jobs are also installed, at a slightly higher price, after we study the job. Outside Pune, we ship the sign ready to fit with a stencil, the power supply and instructions for your electrician, or send our team for larger jobs.

Do you need to visit my site?

No. Send a photo of the site, a rough size and your logo or words, and we make your proposal free of charge. A site visit is a paid service, adjusted in your bill if you order.

Will the letters survive the monsoon and the sun?

Yes. We use outdoor-grade, waterproof LED modules and branded cast acrylic, which keeps its colour and gloss for many years. We still see boards we built eight to ten years ago looking great.

How much electricity does it use?

Very little. As an illustration, a 6 by 3 foot sign draws about 100 to 150 watts, about 1 to 1.5 units for a 10-hour night. A timer can switch it off at midnight, at extra cost.

Is there a warranty?

Yes: six months in writing from installation, on the LEDs, the power supply and the wiring. After that, we repair the signs we made and charge only for the parts.

Can a single letter be replaced later?

Yes. If a letter is damaged, or you change one word, we can remake those letters and swap them in. Because every lid screws onto its tray, we can also open a letter to replace an LED or clean it.

How long does it take?

Usually 5 to 10 working days after you approve the proposal and pay. This is a typical time, not a promised date.

Can you match my brand colour exactly?

Yes. We print your exact colour or artwork on translucent backlit vinyl and apply it on a white acrylic face. A printed face looks slightly different at night, when the light shines through it.

At a glance

Product specifications

Product

3D LED acrylic letter sign board: standalone letters on the wall, or letters on an ACP base board

Letters

Hollow letters: branded cast acrylic face and heat-bent acrylic sides (Lucite™ or Astari™), bonded three ways

Tray

ACP back cut to each letter, with a 1-inch clear acrylic inner skirt; the lid screws on and comes off for service

Light

Industrial-grade LED modules (UNI™, Rishang™ or Ares™; Osram™, Philips™ or Samsung™ on request), less than an inch apart; white, natural white or warm white; RGB extra

Wiring

Every joint soldered and heat-sleeved; power supply loaded to about 300 watts of 400

Depth

About 2.5 inches; about 3 inches for letters of 3 feet and more

Stroke

At least 1 inch wide; smallest hollow letter about 6 inches tall

Base board

ACP wrapped round an aluminium frame (V-groove fold), in solid, metallic, brushed, marble or wood finishes; fixed with L-angles

Sizes

From 3 square feet; no upper limit (long bases joined every 8 to 10 feet)

Price

About ₹2,000 per square foot + 18% GST as a budget figure; exact price in the free proposal

Installation

Our own team in Pune, from ₹10,000 + GST; outside Pune, shipped ready to fit or installed by our team

Warranty

6 months in writing from installation; repairs at parts cost afterwards

Lead time

Usually 5 to 10 working days after proposal approval and payment; not a promised date

Power

About 100 to 150 watts for a 6 by 3 foot sign (illustrative); timer on request

Ordering

Ordering and delivery

How to order

1. Send us a photo of your site, a rough size and your logo or words on WhatsApp or through the form below.

2. We send you a free proposal with the layout, sizes, materials and day and night views.

3. We refine it with you and confirm the price, including installation.

4. Approve and pay. We build, test and install your sign.

Delivery and installation

Our own team installs your sign in Pune. Outside Pune, we ship it ready to fit or send our team for larger jobs.

You can see acrylic, ACP and LED samples at our studio in Shaniwar Peth.

Payment and GST

We take 100% payment in advance; production starts once payment is received. All prices exclude 18% GST.

Pay by UPI or bank transfer (NEFT or RTGS) through our pay link, and share your GSTIN so you can claim input credit.

Ready to see your name in lights?

Send us a photo of your shop front, a rough size and your logo on WhatsApp, and we will send you a free proposal, with no site visit needed.

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Mounting Standalone letters, On an ACP base board
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