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Lumen & Letter

Sign Co. · San Jose

Custom Signage & Wayfinding · South Bay, California

Your brand, in lights.

Channel letters, neon, blade signs, monuments and LED message boards: designed, permitted and installed by one licensed sign shop.

Call for a free sign survey Walk Main Street

C-45 Sign Contractor · City Sign Permits Handled · Licensed & Insured

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Main Street at Night

Every sign we build, lit up for you.

Scroll down Main Street and watch five sign types ignite exactly the way they will outside your business.

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Sample · Channel Letters · Storefront Fascia

Bella Notte

Sample · Neon Script · Custom Tube Bend

THE PARLOR Est. Barber & Shave

Sample · Blade Sign · Projecting Bracket Mount

YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS · SAMPLE

Sample · LED Message Board · Full-Color Dot Matrix

Lumen & Letter Sign Co. · Design · Fabricate · Install

Sample · Monument Sign · Ground-Mounted Identity

What We Build

Six ways your name gets seen.

01

Channel Letters

Individually lit, dimensional letters mounted on your fascia: the workhorse of storefront identity.

  • Front-lit, back-lit (halo) & combo
  • Aluminum returns, acrylic faces
  • LED illumination, low power draw
  • Raceway or direct wall mount
02

Monument & Pylon Signs

Ground-level identity for shopping centers, medical buildings and business parks.

  • Multi-tenant directory panels
  • Internally illuminated cabinets
  • Masonry, metal & foam-coated bases
  • Engineered for wind load
03

Blade & Projecting Signs

The sign pedestrians actually see, mounted perpendicular to your storefront.

  • Custom brackets & hardware
  • Double-sided illumination
  • Historic-district-friendly designs
  • Routine bracket inspections
04

LED Message Boards

Full-color digital displays that update your message in seconds, not weeks.

  • Cloud-based content scheduling
  • Weatherproof outdoor-rated cabinets
  • Brightness auto-adjusts to daylight
  • Financing available
05

Vehicle Wraps & Fleet Graphics

Turn every truck and van on the road into a moving billboard.

  • Full & partial wraps
  • Fleet-wide brand consistency
  • Cut vinyl lettering & decals
  • 5-7 year rated laminate
06

ADA & Wayfinding

Code-compliant interior signage that keeps people, and inspectors, happy.

  • Braille & raised tactile lettering
  • Room ID & directional signage
  • Building code & Title 24 compliant
  • Suite directories & door plaques

The Part Nobody Wants To Do

City sign permits, fully handled.

Every city in the South Bay has its own sign code: size limits, illumination rules, historic overlays, HOA approvals. We run the entire permit process so your sign goes up once, correctly, no stop-work order.

Site & zoning review
Sign code & illumination compliance check
City planning department submittal
Structural & electrical permit coordination
Landlord / HOA approval package
Final inspection & sign-off

Watch the shutter go up.

How It Works

One shop, five steps, your sign installed.

Step oneSite Walk & Design

We measure your building, review sign codes, and mock up options before you commit to anything.

Step twoEngineering & Permits

Structural and electrical drawings, then we submit and track the permit through the city ourselves.

Step threeFabrication

Built in our shop: aluminum, acrylic, LED modules, hand-finished and quality-checked before it ever leaves.

Step fourInstallation

Licensed install crew, proper lift equipment, done on a schedule that does not interrupt your business.

Step fiveFinal Inspection & Sign-Off

We stand for city inspection and hand you as-built drawings and warranty paperwork.

After It Goes Up

Signs that keep working, not dark.

24-Hour Outage ResponseA dark letter or a dead LED module gets a service call, not a voicemail.
LED Retrofit & RelampingSwap old neon or fluorescent faces for efficient, longer-life LED modules.
Preventive Maintenance PlansScheduled inspections catch failing ballasts and loose brackets before customers notice.
Storm & Vandalism RepairCracked faces, bent brackets and weather damage repaired fast.

Why Businesses Trust Us

Licensed. Insured. Accountable.

CSLB C-45 Sign ContractorState of California. Verify any contractor free at cslb.ca.gov.
Bonded & InsuredContractor's bond, general liability, and workers' comp on every job.
Written WarrantyOur workmanship is backed in writing after final inspection.
Permits Handled In-HouseNo third-party permit runners; we submit and track it ourselves.
★★★★★

"They handled the city permit while we picked colors. Our sign was up in five weeks."

New storefront sign · San Jose
★★★★★

"Our old channel letters looked dead. Now half the block asks who redid our sign."

LED relamp · Sunnyvale
★★★★★

"One call for a burnt-out LED module and it was fixed by Thursday."

Maintenance plan · Santa Clara

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Our Word

We believe a sign is the only advertising that works all night, in the rain, without a media budget. So we build it to survive weather and code, wire it to survive years, and light it so it's still working long after the block goes quiet.

Where We Install

The South Bay is our block.

San JoseSanta Clara SunnyvaleCupertino Mountain ViewCampbell MilpitasFremont Los GatosSaratoga Palo AltoMorgan Hill

Let's put your name in lights.

A free sign survey, honest permit guidance, and a design you'll actually want to switch on.

Call for a free sign survey (408) 555-0114
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