Tiny Raised Letters?
I am looking for tiny raised characters, somewhere around size 10 font or smaller. It doesn't matter what they are made of, but I need the entire alphabet, preferably multiples of each character . The 'Made In China' text you find on almost anything plastic is the character size I'm in search of.
Anyone have any ideas? Label maker characters are too large. I didn't see any rubber stamps with tiny characters at the local craft stores. I don't know if Ponoko can cut characters this small, but I don't think I could get something back from them in time.
Thanks!!!
Anyone have any ideas? Label maker characters are too large. I didn't see any rubber stamps with tiny characters at the local craft stores. I don't know if Ponoko can cut characters this small, but I don't think I could get something back from them in time.
Thanks!!!
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You can use laser etching to make a mould for tiny letters.
Steve
Steve
Feb 18, 2011. 9:43 AMthenewgirl
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I was looking for the same thing and found these: http://railwaymodels.tripod.com/
They are for train models! :)
They are for train models! :)
if you can find an old style label maker, those used to emboss the letters onto the label tape. i would imagine that they had some that could print that small (maybe?)...then you'd have tiny raised letters that are self adhesive
thanks! i got an embossing label maker, and modified my design a bit (letters are bit bigger than i planned). it's working great!
If you can find an OLD typewriter, you can experiment with a variety of sheets (vinyl, acetate, etc) without the "ribbon".
Oh wait, that will make them backwards.....hmmm, let me think about this a bit more.
Oh wait, that will make them backwards.....hmmm, let me think about this a bit more.
Hmmm, that may work. I am looking for something a little more raised, like the numbers on a credit card, but I can't seem to find anything like that.
I second kitemans suggestion, I have used this on a range of unorthdox surfaces, and had fairly decent results.
That is the easy way out...you should be using submicro rapidograph technical pens with a triangle and t-square by hand and walk 5 miles barefoot through a snowstorm up and down the valley on a dirt path to get to school...
Hey, being a Featured Maker doesn't entitle you to that sort of nostalgia.
You have to be an old Featured Maker...
You have to be an old Featured Maker...
Do you need freestanding individual letters like cutouts that small? Or do you just need to paint "Made in China" on a label and apply it? You could use a toothpick to paint it on or try the shrinky dink method of cutting it out of certain kinds of plastics(grocery bags), print in large type, heat with a hair dryer or bake carefully to make it shrivel up. Maybe use that 3-d paint or puffy paint that gives the embossed look when heated. Can you woodburn it into the object with a heated pin or nail/soldering iron? It all depends on what you need. Good luck.
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