Furthering my research into marquee letters, I decided to experiment with building letters.
Starting with a simple E template, I experimented with
FOAMBOARD - This was very hard to cut, even with the straight even lines of the letter E
CARDBOARD - This built up quite quickly and easily, but the soft flexible nature of the material made it look messy and unprofessional ALUMINIUM - This material looked great, until I used a hot glue gun to stick it together. This looked really scruffy and didn't have the desired effect. I believe to have a perfect finish it would have to be welded together. HARDBOARD - I designed this on Illustrator and used the laser to cut it precisely. This prototype gave me a real idea of how the real piece would look and be built up.
In order to create equal sides I had to carefully measure each length, ensuring that the side pieces were all the same depth.
This method was the best, however it was quite easy with the letter E due to it's equal straight lines, I knew that other letters such as S and O would be difficult due to their curves.
I then decided to create a font with straight edges, to ensure I could build the letters to a high standard and that they would stand alone.
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