Because I had such a short turnaround time to get the sign made, I just drew up some specifications and sent those and the font off to a sheet metal shop and never saw it in progress or knew how it would turn out. I jumped up and down when I saw the final result. I want one of these for my house! It wasn't terribly expensive, either, considering it is 5 feet long and made of brushed aluminum. I'll definitely want to do more projects with this company in the future. In their offices they had a floor made out of stainless steel.