I was playing on a different idea on lit signs and this popped into my head. Color choices are not great but I only had the red LED on hand. I need to fix the light leak too but that's easy with some white silicone. This is a easy sign to make and i have not seen the combo of edge lit and standoff letters. wiring is easy as you only have a LED strip on top or bottom or both depending on the size.
the base is 1/2" acrylic drilled for the standoffs and I just spray painted it then cut through with a 1/8" bit .02 deep I offset the outline of the letters a little bit too. cut the letters and frame from 1/2" white sintra. wonder what it would look like without standoff letters?