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Text labels on admin buttons - How?
KissMyWookie:
At the moment I'm in the planning and gathering stage of building my first MAME cabinet. (I won an NEC XM2950 monitor on eBay for $40 a few weeks ago :) )
On my control panel, I'd like to have admin buttons that are labeled for Esc/Quit, Pause, maybe a Select button etc.
I've considered the following:
* Dymo type clear labels - don't particularly like that idea.
* Typesetter's rub-on transfers - fiddly to line up, but possible. Not very hard wearing I wouldn't imagine.
* Etching by hand - definately not for me ... I'm a perfectionist and would never be happy with them.
* Painting by hand - Same as above and not hard wearing either.
* Printing onto transfer paper - like that used by model makers. Might be my best bet, but would it be hard wearing?
Does anyone have any other suggestions on how this can be done?
It would be great if someone had done it before and can post a pic.
Thanks
Steve
surface tension:
What do you plan to make your control panel from... metal or wood?
If you're using metal, silk-screening looks very clean. For a wooden panel, you could use some kind of overlay.
Franco B:
If yolu don't want to DIY then Pongo is your man for button decals etc. Check out his BST thread [here].
javeryh:
Pongo is the man. Check it out:
Malenko:
I 3rd Pongo, the dragon logos he made me survived 4 demon spawn kids (my nephews) beating the crap out of the buttons hours at a time
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