In Cut Acrylic Letter signs are pretty similar to Stencil Cut Letters. Here too, a laser cut acrylic letter is pushed into a same shaped hole in the base ACP panel. There is one small difference though.
In Cut Acrylic Letters Are Very Slightly 3-Dimensional
In Cut acrylic letters are not two dimensional like their Stencil Cut siblings. The acrylic letters, in this case, protrude very slightly away from the base acrylic frame. Where stencil letters are used, the acrylic letter, which is embedded in the ACP cavity has the same thickness as the ACP sheet. So both these elements remain in the same plane.
In-cut letter boards use an acrylic sheet significantly thicker than the aluminium composite panel. The letters, in this case, become taller than the surrounding metal sheet. Let me elaborate on this.
ACP sheets are generally 3 mm thick. So when we make a hole in the same, the cross-section/hole also has a depth of 3 mm. Moreover, standard acrylic sheets used for sign making have a thickness of 3 mm. So when a 3 mm laser cut acrylic sheet is pressed into a 3 mm deep ACP cavity you end up with the ACP sheet and embedded acrylic letter having the top surfaces at the same height.
Run your fingers over the ACP panel and embedded letter and both these objects will be at the same plane. Your finger will not encounter any protrusions. This is why stencil cut acrylic signs are two dimensional.
But let us suppose that in the above example, we fit a 10 mm thick acrylic sheet in our 3 mm deep ACP cavity.
Now we end up with the letters protruding 7 mm (approximately a quarter on an inch) above the flat plane of our metal sheet. This is because, out of the total 10 mm thickness of our acrylic letter, a depth of 3 mm gets embedded in the ACP sheet. The remaining 7 mm juts forward.
In Cut and Stencil Cut Acrylic Letter Boards Are Largely Similar
In cut acrylic signs look very rich. These acrylic letters of course have a front glow. But additionally they also have a very nice edge glow from the sides that are protruding forward.
Opting between Stencil Cut and In Cut letters is a matter of individual choice. All the use case scenarios that apply to Stencil Cut letters stand true for In Cut acrylic signs as well.
In Cut acrylic letters can be deployed to impart a play of differing depths to the various elements on a backlit sign board. They too are used extensively for indoor signs. Moreover, just like Stencil Cut letters, the In Cut acrylic option is used to fabricate boards having very thin fonts or an intricate design.