Marquee Sign Letters for Outdoor Readerboard (2024)

Outdoor marquee sign letters are available as either thin, flexible, portable sign letters or thick, rigid marquee sign letters. You need the sign letter that fits your sign letter track and you cannot substitute one sign letter type for the other. The thick marquee sign letters are made from brands like Alphabet Signs, Gemini Pronto or Wagner Zip Change. The thin flexible sign letters that are designed for the portable readerboard signs with flashing arrows. The portable sign letters pinch into thin track and are made from brands like Flex Change and Copy Change.

A thick rigid sign letter holds up better to the sun and wind. Our outdoor marquee sign letters have many unique features which extend its useful life such as UV scratch resistant inks. A thin flexible portable sign letter costs less money. Despite the pros and cons of sign letters you need to get the sign letter that is compatible with your sign track.

The viewing distance of sign letters are a function of the letter height. A taller letter can be read from a further distance. As a rule of thumb, the letter can be read from 10 feet per inch so a 6 inch letter is readable from 60 feet away. There are other factors that affect sign letter viewing distance such as the color, contrast, font style and speed of passing motorist. For maximum readability, it is best to keep your message simple and use big, bold letters.

Outdoor marquee sign letters are available in sizes of 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 24 inch tall. Gas station price number signs are available in taller sizes.

The marquee letters for sale includes an assorted variety of letters, numbers and price symbols. It gives you more of the vowels and primary consonants than the lesser used alphabet. It is named a commercial kit because it includes characters that most businesses would use to advertise prices. Commercial marquees do not utilize many punctuation characters so they are not included in the kit. The outdoor marquee sign letter kit can be ordered with all black, red, white, blue, green, or black letters and red numbers.

The bigger the sign, then the more letters you'll need. The larger the letter height, then the fewer letters you'll need. Most 4 feet by 8 feet double sided signs start with a 300 piece kit. A 3 feet by 6 feet double sided sign starts with 250 piece kit. The variety of characters in the kit is just as important as the quantity. We have a time-tested assortment of characters in our marquee sign letters font. Do not buy multiples of 100 piece letter kits. One hundred piece kits are packaged to fit nicely on warehouse shelves but you don't receive the correct variety of characters compared to our time-tested kits.

The commercial marquee sign kits only include price symbols but you can supplement the commercial kit with a punctuation kit that includes the most popular characters. You can also order each punctuation character individually.

This are superior changeable letters for marquee signs because we use a high-impact, non-yellowing, non-clouding, shatter-resistant acrylic panel. The acrylic panel is precision router cut for perfect letter spacing and alignment. We use non-fading inks with a protective UV clear coat.

The material is a clear acrylic blank that is precision cut with UV inhibitors. The letters are screen printed with ecologically sound UV cured inks, and there are no VOCs or harmful emissions throughout the manufacturing process. Outdoor marquee sign letters are non-yellowing under normal conditions. However, all sign letters enclosed in a sealed vandal-proof cover require venting, or warping may occur because they are baked like in an oven.

Rigid sign letters typically do not blow off the marquee if the sign track is installed properly. Outdoor marquee sign letters can be used on aerial marquee signs where the ground wind speed is much higher. You can use a sign letter change pole to install letters on a pole erected marquee sign. The thin copy change letters will blow out.

Outdoor marquee letters are thick rigid and require wide sign letter track. The rigid letters are thicker than a credit card and you can barely bend it in hand. The thin portable sign letters are about the gauge of a playing card and you can bend it from head to toe. Rigid sign letters do not fit into the thin sign letter track.

Outdoor marquee letters use a wide track to hold a thick gauge letter. The rigid letters push up into the top track then drop down onto the bottom track. Thus, it is named Push-Up, Drop-Down track or PUDD track. The rigid sign letter track has a wide lip for its top track to hold the thick letter from falling out. The sign letter track comes in 4 feet and 8 feet length.

There are many different font styles and several discontinued brands. Alphabet Signs can match your existing letters if you bought them through us before. We can get a close match to several other brands but cannot guarantee an exact sign letter match. You can email us a photo of your sign letters and we will recommend the best match.

Alphabet Signs offers the largest selection of sizes and colors. Outdoor marquee sign letters are available in black, red, white, blue or green. We cannot get Pronto letters in all colors.

The letters are printed on blank sign panels. The panels are designed with margins for proper spacing between characters when lining up on a marquee. This is known as kerning or em spacing. For example, the letter W is wider than a letter J so it is printed on a wider sign blank.

When planning to build a marquee sign, you need to first consider the viewing distance of your audience. This will affect both your budget and the size of your sign. As a rule of thumb, for every one inch of sign letter height, a customer can read the sign message from 10 feet away. For example, a 6 inch marquee sign letter can be read from 60 feet away. For passing motorists, you will want a little taller sign letter for the same effect.