[simpits-tech] Engraving font

[Gene Buckle]

> without backlighting the lettering. On the real panels I think they used a
> translucent white material with a thin coat of white paint over it and then
> black paint on top. The black paint was etched away leaving the white
> painted lettering. This is not possible to do using conventional engraving
> techniques.

Allen, the real panels are clear plastic with a white paint layer followed
by a black outer coat.  The engraving process is either a photo-etch
process that's very similar to how circuit boards are made, or a
multi-pass laser ablation process.

g.