Lenticular Design Basics

Type, Copy and Title Treatments

Size of the Type. Thicker lenses require larger type, and vice versa. A 14 mil 100 lpi lens can handle finer type than say a 20mil 60lpi. As a rule of thumb, a 100 lpi lens = 7 pt type or larger to be legible. Font Choice. You will get your best results with a sans serif font, not too rigid. Remember that the lens will break up your type, causing jagged edges, or you could perhaps lose fine serif points altogether. See examples at left.

• Title Treatments & Logos. For your movie, publication or book title treatment, company logos or branding messages, we're pretty sure you don't want it to be fuzzy, ghosting or illegible. For 3D Lenticular, we normally keep type of any kind, whether it be legal or tag lines, logos, or title treatments at or very near the zero point in space (called "key") so that they are as crisp and legible as possible. Occasionally we may need to add bevels, gradients, drop shadows, etc. to type to help diminish ghosting effects or to help stand out a bit more. Branding folks be aware.
• Flipping Type. If you are making a lenticular flip from one statement to the other, make sure they are flipping in the same spot and fill the same general area. In addition, generally speaking for lenticular you should not have type flipping from completely on to completely off without special texture and color.