“The reception board looked great on screen. On the wall, nobody can read it from the door.”
A full-size paper mock-up settles letter height and spacing before a sheet is cut.
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Acrylic signboards
Since 201565+ in-house teamKolkata office, 5 team bases
A board that looks right on a laptop can look small on the wall. So check it at full size before anything is cut.
A strategist calls you in one working day.
/ 01 Acrylic sign boards
The sign people readfrom three steps away.
A sign board that looked perfect on a laptop often looks small on the real wall. PromotEdge plans, makes and fixes acrylic name boards, letters and lit signs for offices, clinics, shops and dealers.
Acrylic is a clear, hard plastic sheet that looks like glass. It can be cut into letters, painted from behind, or lit, so it suits signs read from close by.
We would rather be blunt than pleasing: for a wide shop front read from across the road, a glow sign or an ACP fascia (aluminium composite panel) usually does more for the money. For raised lit letters, see LED sign boards, and compare the range on our signage and retail branding page.
Delivered through PEXORA, a joint venture of PromotEdge and Prodigy. We have worked since 2015 with steel firms, engine makers, a hospital and a volleyball club.
- 2015working with Indian brands since
- 65+in-house team: strategy, creative, media and tech
- 4pillars under one roof: strategy, advertising, digital, on-ground activation (BTL)
- 6cities: head office in Kolkata, teams in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar
/ 02 What you receive
Six kinds of acrylic sign,and what each one is for.
| Board type | How it is made, where it works | What we check first |
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| Office name board and reception sign | Acrylic printed or painted from behind, on spacer bolts (stand-offs). Reception walls, entrances. | Viewing distance, wall material |
| 3D acrylic letters | Thick acrylic letters fixed to the wall or a backing panel. Brand walls, showrooms. | Letter height for the distance |
| Lit acrylic board | Edge-lit (light enters from the edge) or backlit (lights behind milky sheet). Shop entrances. | Even light, power point |
| Cabin, door and directional signs | Small plates with slide-in name strips. Offices, schools, plants. | One set of sizes and fonts |
| Dealer and counter boards | One master design, each dealer's name added. Counters, showroom walls. | Dealer's wall size, brand colour |
| Mock-up and drawing pack | Full-size print on the wall or true-scale photo, then a drawing with sheet, thickness, fixing. | Your written OK before cutting |
Most offices need two or three of these. Planning the whole office too? See workplace branding.
Our beliefWe start with logic and your numbers, not with ideas we happen to like.
/ 03 Common hurdles
What usually gets in the way,and the way through.
“The letters on our name board have started to lift off the wall.”
We check the wall first, then pick a fixing it can hold.
“Every floor and cabin has its own style of sign.”
One family of signs with fixed sizes, colours and fonts. Slide-in strips mean a new joiner doesn't need a new sign.
“Dealer counter boards are printed sheets that curl and fade.”
One master acrylic board in a few sizes, with each dealer's name. It looks the same in a district town as in your flagship.
“The lit logo board has bright spots and dark corners at night.”
We plan the light early, pick edge or back lighting by board size, and test it in the workshop.
Send us a photo of the wall and we will tell you what size the board should be. Get a free growth plan
/ 04 How a board gets made
From a photo of the wallto a fixed board in two to three weeks.
One office or shop. Many floors or dealers run in batches and take longer. Planning ranges, not promises.
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Days 1 to 2: photos and brief
Photos from where visitors stand, the wall size and your logo. Who reads the sign, and from how far?
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Days 2 to 5: full-size mock-up
Printed at full size and taped on the wall, or placed on your photo at true scale.
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Week 2: final drawing
Sizes, sheet, thickness, lighting and fixing, approved by you in writing. For outdoor boards, we check municipal rules.
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Weeks 2 to 3: cut and test
Sheets cut and finished. Lit boards are switched on and checked.
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Fixing day and after
Fixed outside working hours where we can, photographed by day and after dark, checked again weeks later.
Tell us what’s not working. We’ll send you an honest one-page growth plan, free.
Go deeperMore on this
Deeper reading if you want the research behind the plan.
How we deliver it, and why
How your business model changes the plan
A dealer-led brand needs one master board in a few sizes. A franchise needs one sign family that every outlet can copy. A single office needs a name board and a set of cabin signs.
- Print it at full size and tape it on the wall. Screens fool everyone about size. A paper mock-up costs a day, a wrong board costs a remake. A mock-up on your wall or a true-scale photo.
- Stand where a visitor stands. A sign is read from the door, the waiting sofa and the road. Your written OK on what you can read.
- Draw it down to sheet and fixing. Sheet type, thickness and lighting let you compare quotes fairly. One drawing you approve in writing.
- Our creative designer, Sourav Majumder, prepares the artwork files. Clean artwork keeps lettering sharp on the sheet. Artwork you check beside the drawing.
- Switch lit boards on in the workshop. Bright spots and dark corners show up before the wall does. An even-light check before it leaves.
AI in signage: today and next
Today: Photoshop
Adobe says Generative Fill in Photoshop can add new objects to an image from a typed description. That can help picture an idea on a photo of your wall. It does not give true size, so the taped mock-up still decides.
Source: Adobe Learn, add objects with Generative Fill, 17 December 2025, read 10 October 2026
Next
Our view: concept pictures will get faster and cheaper. Reading a sign from the door will still be tested on the real wall.
Planning every floor, or a dealer rollout? Ask us how we would batch it. Talk to us
/ 05 Cost
What affects the costof an acrylic sign board.
No price list. These things move the number.
The quote shows the board, the lighting and the fixing on separate lines, within 2 working days.
What affects the cost
- Size and number. One board, or signs for every floor and cabin.
- Sheet type and thickness. Cast and thicker sheets usually cost more than thin extruded sheet.
- Finish. Printed, painted from behind, cut letters or layered sheets.
- Lighting. None, edge-lit or backlit, plus any power work.
- Fixing and access. Spacer bolts, a backing panel, wall height.
- Sites. How many offices, shops or dealers, and how far apart.
How we quote
- You send photos of the wall, its size and your logo.
- We check the wall and the viewing distance.
- We write the scope and make the mock-up.
- You approve a quote with board, lighting and fixing apart.
What you get in the quote
- Every board, with its size and sheet
- Fixing, mock-up and final drawing
- Municipal fees for outdoor boards, at actuals
Compare quotes on sheet type, thickness, fixing and lighting, and ask for warranty terms in writing. Many dealers? See trade and channel marketing.
/ 06 What happens next
What happensafter you ask.
For projects we think we can help, this is how it goes.
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A strategist calls you
In one working day: a 30-minute call with one of our strategists about your business and what is not working.
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You get a 1-page plan
A short, honest plan: what to fix first and what we would do. It is free.
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A quote, if you want one
If you want to go ahead, we send a quote within 2 working days.
We confirm the timeline in the quote. Contracts start at 3 months, with 30 days' notice to stop.
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What people say
In their own words
What clients told us after working with PromotEdge.
“I really want to thank Sayantan and his team from PromotEdge because what I find good in them is that, the team. When the team is wonderful, the outcome will definitely be wonderful. …”
Abhijit BhattacharyaFormer Captain Indian VolleyBall Team; and Founder of Brahmaputra Volleyball League“Hi, my name is Hitesh Malhotra. I'm working in FIVB. We are working with PromoteEdge (with Team Sayantan). I would like to give you a brief detail. …”
Hitesh MalhotraSports Development at Fédération Internationale de Volleyball - FIVB“The PromotEdge Agency stay with us all these 3 days, since when we arrived..more, more than 3 days. Since in the airport, they stayed together with us (FIVB team). …”
GibaBrazilian Former Volleyball Player
No pressure. No sales pitch.
Tell us where the board will go.We'll show you the plan.
Straight answers.
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It is a sign made from acrylic sheet: cut, printed, painted from behind or lit. It works best where people read it from close by, such as a reception wall, a cabin door, a counter or a clinic entrance. Wide shop fronts read from across the road usually suit other boards.
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Yes, in two common ways. Edge-lit boards take light in from the edge, so the cut design glows. Backlit boards have lights behind a milky white sheet. For raised letters with lights inside them, see LED sign boards. We choose between them by board size and viewing distance.
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It is how the sheet is made. Cast is poured as a liquid between two panes of glass; extruded is made in one continuous run. ACRYLITE, a sheet maker, says cast is less likely to chip when cut, and extruded costs less and keeps a more even thickness.
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It depends on the size, the number of boards, the sheet type and thickness, the finish, any lighting and the fixing. We quote after seeing photos of your wall, against a written scope, with each part on its own line.
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Yes. Lit parts must be made for outdoor use, and the fixing must suit wind and rain at that height. Outdoor signs usually need permission from your city's municipal body, and rules differ by city. We check what applies. This is general guidance, not legal advice.
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Our in-house team of 65+ people plans and checks it, with partner fabricators where a job needs them. Our servicing team is based in cities across India, stays in touch every day, and sends our team and partners to your site for fitting.
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Check it the way a visitor does. Can the name be read from the door, and from the road for an outside board? Then ask your front desk whether visitors still ask where to go. For dealer boards, compare enquiries at outlets with and without it.