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General
Matthews can produce waterjet-cut metal letters in virtually any letterstyle using electronic artwork. Waterjet-cut letters have sharp inside corners and more precise details than router-cut or cast metal letters. A wide range of materials and finishes provide numerous design options for dimensional letters.

Letterstyles

Unlimited by the range of letterstyles, waterjet-cut letters are ideal for complex shapes and curves of custom letterstyles.

Other applications for waterjet-cutting may be joined or script letters and pierced logos.

Stencil Cutting

To accommodate backlighting or expose the installation wall, waterjet-cut letters may be cut from the background of a sheet of metal.

Other applications may be:

• Logos or plaques that require precision joining of two different materials

• Instrument and control panels with stencil cut shapes and pierced holes.

Artwork

Letterstyles are generated from a digital file. Matthews has access to fonts from the following sources:

• Corel Draw
• Adobe Illustrator
• Gerber Graphix Advantage (Standard fonts)

Most any flat-faced letterstyles can be waterjet-cut from electronic artwork. Acceptable formats include any TrueType font, a .dxf image saved in outline form, an Adobe Illustrator file saved as curves for either a Mac or a PC. Our most preferred format is CorelDraw in any version for either a Mac or a PC.

Letter Thickness

Standard thicknesses for all materials are::

• 1/8" (.125")
• 1/4" (.250")
• 3/8" (.375")
• 1/2" (.50")
  

Helpful Hints

• Generally, waterjet-cut letterstyles are not offered under 2" cap height.



• If joined or script letters exceed material dimensions (either 36" x 96" or 48" x 96"), determine where the seams will be least obvious.