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Chris:

--- Quote from: spystyle on February 16, 2005, 03:01:09 pm ---That's a good idea, stack lexan or acrylic to 3/4" and use printed transparancy paper as a CPO under the 1st layer.

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Or just have the CPO printed on the same material the marquee is printed on.

You could also take the TRON approach, put a blacklight above the panel and highlight parts of the CPO with UV-reactive ink or paint.  (Aren't yellow highlighter pens UV reactive?)

ErikRuud:
I don't know if all yellow highlighters are UV reactive, but I do know that the UV reaction tends to fade over time.

Your best bet is to use products like these:

Terror By Design - Haunting Materials  (Near the bottom of the page)

SteveJ34:
You could illuminate the plexiglass itself by imbedding superbright LEDs in the top edge of it.

I created a mousepad with this effect after running across a similar project at this link which appears to no longer be operating....

http://www.metku.net

Of course, few mfrs picked up on the idea and created similar retail products like what is found here:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/keyboards/6945/

Not backlit like marquee but makes for some cool lighting....

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