Fonthouse 'standard' surface finish for numerals, letters, plaques and signage is Brushed Stainless Steel. We use grade 304L as standard and find this to be durable in the vast majority of applications.  In harsh environments with exposure to sea air and water, we will use Marine grade (316) as a bespoke upgrade.

'Bronzing': an additional process on brushed stainless gives a durable bronze/gold surface finish for £3.00 per letter (15cm height)

Bead-blasting gives a randomly grainy, satin/matt finish.  It adds around £1.75 to the price of a 15cm Brushed numeral/letter.  Please contact for details.

LEFT to RIGHT: Brushed, Bronzed and Bead-blasted stainless steel

In-house typefaces

We have a font library encompassing those listed here    →

However, we can make up special bespoke sizes of our 'In-House' fonts for a small cost premium.

Additionally, we can produce  other fonts; please contact for details.

Typefaces on request

We can usually supply most typefaces, FREE from our library - please contact for availabilities

Art Nouveau -  12.5cm numerals

Avant Garde - 20cm

Eurostile - 15cm/25cm

Frutiger (Bold) - 15cm/25cm

Gill Sans - 15cm

Helvetica Regular & Bold- 12.5cm/17.5cm

Neutraface - 15cm (Aluminium Numerals only: coming October 2014!)

Play - 15cm/20cm/25cm

Letter/Numeral Sizes

Small - 12.5cm: this sizes works well for private/residential/ small scale signage where space is limited or need for upward of 15 characters.

Large - 15cm: usually a good trade-off between legibility and space-usage, where the text is read at reasonably close distance.

Applications: Residential, Retail

Extra-Large - 25cm: an impact size with an easy legibility.

Applications: Residential, Shop banners and Commercial signage

Mounting Options

PIN-FIXING

This method is the fontHOUSE's most common fix for letters, numerals and plaques.  Small and Large characters are displaced 1cm away from the surface; with a transparent spacer to regulate the stand-off.  Pins are A2 stainless steel to avoid any possibility of corrosion.

Extra-Large characters have a 'stand-off' of 1.5cm

Templates are supplied for all Pin-fixed characters

SELF-ADHESIVE

For a quick fix - quite literally - waterproof self-adhesive pads are the next most common fixing method.  A template is taped to the target surface with a 'cut-out' to frame each letter/numeral.

Sometimes this is the only way to fix to glass or other smooth synthetic materials and suitable for painted exterior doors too.

SCREW-FIXING

Stainless steel screws with 'pozi' or security heads are another method of securing plaques and lettering to masonry or wood.