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Stencil signs refined for manufacturing
We’ve refined Sign Customiser’s stencil sign around the details that matter when a sheet reaches production. The live preview now separates the usable design area from the overspray border, measures the true letter height of every line and keeps the finished sheet size visible. Pricing and eligible production files use those same bordered dimensions.
What’s Changed
- One clear border allowance - Rectangular stencil sheets use the configured overspray border as the single source of padding around the design. A dashed guide marks where the usable design area ends, and the included demo uses a 1 inch border for 1 to 2 inch letters, 2 inches for 3 to 7 inch letters and 3 inches for 8 to 12 inch letters.
- Letter height means the letters themselves - Sizing follows the visible glyph height instead of counting the full line box or the gap between lines. Every text line gets its own on-canvas height guide, so a 3 inch choice produces 3 inch letters on each line.
- Separate finished-sheet measurements - Overall width and height rails sit outside the sheet and include the full border. Customers can see the size you will manufacture without confusing it with the letter-height guides inside the design.
- One size from quote to cut - The live price, product image, order details and manufacturer handoff agree on the bordered sheet size. Compatible text-only designs carry the same physical dimensions into calibrated SVG and optional DXF files.
- A complete demo in one click - Merchants can install a ready-made stencil customiser with 12 letter-height tiers, tiered borders, three Mylar materials, four stencil-safe fonts, exact-height controls and production file settings already configured.
Stencil signs now start with letter height
Sign Customiser now has a dedicated stencil signs page and live demo. Customers choose letter height first, then see the finished bordered sheet size and price update as their text changes.
What’s Changed
- Letter height comes first. Customers choose a preset tier, then see the finished sheet update as they edit the text. When enabled, an Exact letter height input sits alongside the tiers.
- Finished sheet size stays visible. The dimensions include the border around the cut lettering, alongside the live price.
- Eligible text designs get cut-ready SVGs. Eligible text-only designs emit physically calibrated flat-path SVGs. Uploaded or masked artwork may use fallback SVG geometry.
- DXF is optional. It is merchant-enabled, available only for eligible flat text-only stencil SVGs. Conversion can fail, so an order may have no DXF.
- Starter stencil fonts keep their bridges. Fonts not marked stencil-safe show a warning so they can be reviewed before production.
