Hello,its finally gotten busy on the layout.I am creating a park/playground on my layout and I am trying to create a convincing Park Sign. Like the ones that have yellow lettering on a wooden/brown piece of wood.what is the correct size for letters in nscale?What do you recommend to use? If anyone has done this please share a picture.ThanksArt
N scale is 1/160th of real size. So a scale inch is .00625". Round that off to .006.
Figure out how high you think the letters on the park sign are and multiply that by .006. That will give you the size letters you need.
So if the park sign letters are 8" tall, then 8 x .006 = .048". That is roughly 3/64" tall. So find letters that are close to .048 (.040, .050, .060) or close to 3/64" (1/16, 3/64, 1/8) or are half that size in HO scale (4" HO scale leters).
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If you are going to use a printer, use a SansSerif (without feet) font style for the lettering instead of a TimesNewRoman (with feet) font. Also, experiment with your point sizes when you print out some hardcopy. SansSerif is easier to read.
My hunch is that you'll end up choosing a lettering height that looks good by "eyeing it up" so to speak.
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