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Summary of Terminology
for Silicone Bracelets and Wristbands
Introduction
The personalized silicone bracelet or custom silicone bracelet has become
a powerful marketing tool. They are popular with teens, children and adults.
The silicone bracelets are used by sports teams to increase team spirit, to
raise funds for schools.
Common Names These silicone bracelets are also commonly referred to
as the personalized silicone wristband, custom silicone wristband, silicone
bracelet, rubber wristband, silicone wristband, rubber bracelet, rubber
bracelets, silicone rubber bracelets, charity bracelet, charity wristband,
silicone bracelets, or silicone rubber wristbands. They are relatively
inexpensive jewelry items that are colorful, durable and comfortable to wear.
Small Quantities
Engraved and color filled medical alert and Kids ID silicone bracelets are
the only way to get small quantities for individuals, families and sports
message.
Order Flexibility
In an effort to provide silicone bracelets to everyone regardless of how large
or small the order may be, we keep a large inventory of blank silicone
bracelets so that we can laser engrave (deboss) them to meet short lead
time orders from 1 to 100 silicone wristbands. We can then color fill the
debossed items as needed.
How to Order
You can order directly from the website.
Specifications
Our silicone bracelet specifications include 100% silicone including the
color fill used to hand fill the debossed bracelet. We offer 11 sizes
measured by the distance around the bracelet.
Blank Bands
Initially we ordered silicone bracelts with our Design-A-Band.com
identification on the back but have changed to order only completely blank
silicone bracelets for our in stock items. The blank silicone bracelets we
have in stock are not normally available for wholesale to other suppliers but
we can sell to our customers on an as needed basis.
Laser engraved silicone bracelets using our large inventory of blank silicone
products offer quick deliveries.
Design Guidelines
There are several factors to consider when ordering silicone bracelets. The
primary factors include size, color, quantity, availability, fonts, clip art, logos
and location of text and graphics. Then consider if you want debossed,
color filled debossed.
Debossed
The laser engraving process removes silicone material from the blank
silicone bracelet or ID tag and therefore creates the debossed silicone
bracelet look. Debossed simply means the text and graphics or clip art is
indented into the silicone material. The opposite of this is the embossed
text and graphics where the message is raised from the surface and can
also be colored. Engraving can only create the debossed look precisely
removing the material. We use a CO2 laser engraver because of its
flexibility to create almost any design using in stock blank silicone bracelets
or silicone ID tags. The engraved silicone bracelet or silicone ID tag can be
shipped as a traditional debossed item or we can hand fill the debossed
message to create the color filled look. After hand filling in the debossed
portion of the silicone bracelet we further process the item to create a
permanent bond to the original silicone. The higher cost to provide color
filled text and graphics from in stock items is driven by the labor intensity of
the process.
Debossed is indented.
Laser engravers can only deboss a blank silicone bracelet.
Durability
The most durable type of silicone bracelet is the debossed type followed
closely with the color filled debossed type which can be done with a laser
engraver or molded into the silicone bracelet at the factory. Thicker
bracelets are also an improvement in durability. .
Font Differences
Not all fonts are created equal. Each font takes up its own amount of space
per character for a given point size in relation to other fonts. Some fonts
work fine in both ALL CAPS and CAPS & Lower Case applications. Others
do not look good in ALL CAPS.
Big and Bold
The initial silicone bracelet design was debossed only which limits the
selection of fonts because the readability of the text and graphics relied on
casting a shadow to see the message. Therefore the messages tended to
be big, bold, deep and limited on character count. Also the casing of a
shadow does not work as well on dark colors as compared to light colors.
Color filling removes this limitation by creating a contrasting color for the text
and graphics allowing for much more readable information to be displayed
on each side of the silicone bracelet.
Clip Art
We offer 600 clip art graphics to choose from.
Messages
What's in a message anyway? For the purpose of our engraving and
molding processes a message is any combination of text and graphics
including logos that will fit on one half of a silicone bracelet. If you take a
given silicone bracelet and spread it out between two fingers it divides into
two halves (the Front Half and the Back half). If you turn the silicone
bracelet inside out and do the same thing you now have two more halves to
work with called the inside back and the inside front. Therefore there are
actually 4 messages that can be placed in these silicone bracelets.
Message Identification
The 4 messages are then referred to as follows: Front Message, Back
Message, Inside Front Message and Inside Back Message.
Text Limitations
The text character limitation is simply related to how small of a text can you
read which determines how much text information you can place on one half
of a silicone wristband. Each font takes up its own amount of space in
relation to other fonts so counting the number of characters allowed is not
completely accurate because of this relationship to font types. As a general
guideline using and Arial Font for the XL size for 24 point, 16 point and 11
point fonts you can get 20, 32, and two rows of 45 characters respectively
on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Adult size for 24 point, 16 point
and 11 point fonts you can get 18, 28, and two rows of 40 characters
respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Youth size for 24
point, 16 point and 11 point fonts you can get 16, 24, and two rows of 35
characters respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Toddler
size for 24 point, 16 point and 11 point fonts you can get 14, 20, and two
rows of 30 characters respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. The
smallest readable font size is 10 points for a simple easy to read font such
as Arial or Comic Sans. We use one program that is strictly limited to these
various font size increments and we use another that allows us to stretch or
shrink as needed.
Text Colors
The text colors we offer are basic Red, White, Blue, Yellow, and Black. We
can make variations of these colors upon request. Examples of variations
are Dark Blue, Light Blue, Pink, Dark Red, and Gray. Mixing these colors to
get variations is not precise so differences in results may occur.
for Silicone Bracelets and Wristbands
Introduction
The personalized silicone bracelet or custom silicone bracelet has become
a powerful marketing tool. They are popular with teens, children and adults.
The silicone bracelets are used by sports teams to increase team spirit, to
raise funds for schools.
Common Names These silicone bracelets are also commonly referred to
as the personalized silicone wristband, custom silicone wristband, silicone
bracelet, rubber wristband, silicone wristband, rubber bracelet, rubber
bracelets, silicone rubber bracelets, charity bracelet, charity wristband,
silicone bracelets, or silicone rubber wristbands. They are relatively
inexpensive jewelry items that are colorful, durable and comfortable to wear.
Small Quantities
Engraved and color filled medical alert and Kids ID silicone bracelets are
the only way to get small quantities for individuals, families and sports
message.
Order Flexibility
In an effort to provide silicone bracelets to everyone regardless of how large
or small the order may be, we keep a large inventory of blank silicone
bracelets so that we can laser engrave (deboss) them to meet short lead
time orders from 1 to 100 silicone wristbands. We can then color fill the
debossed items as needed.
How to Order
You can order directly from the website.
Specifications
Our silicone bracelet specifications include 100% silicone including the
color fill used to hand fill the debossed bracelet. We offer 11 sizes
measured by the distance around the bracelet.
Blank Bands
Initially we ordered silicone bracelts with our Design-A-Band.com
identification on the back but have changed to order only completely blank
silicone bracelets for our in stock items. The blank silicone bracelets we
have in stock are not normally available for wholesale to other suppliers but
we can sell to our customers on an as needed basis.
Laser engraved silicone bracelets using our large inventory of blank silicone
products offer quick deliveries.
Design Guidelines
There are several factors to consider when ordering silicone bracelets. The
primary factors include size, color, quantity, availability, fonts, clip art, logos
and location of text and graphics. Then consider if you want debossed,
color filled debossed.
Debossed
The laser engraving process removes silicone material from the blank
silicone bracelet or ID tag and therefore creates the debossed silicone
bracelet look. Debossed simply means the text and graphics or clip art is
indented into the silicone material. The opposite of this is the embossed
text and graphics where the message is raised from the surface and can
also be colored. Engraving can only create the debossed look precisely
removing the material. We use a CO2 laser engraver because of its
flexibility to create almost any design using in stock blank silicone bracelets
or silicone ID tags. The engraved silicone bracelet or silicone ID tag can be
shipped as a traditional debossed item or we can hand fill the debossed
message to create the color filled look. After hand filling in the debossed
portion of the silicone bracelet we further process the item to create a
permanent bond to the original silicone. The higher cost to provide color
filled text and graphics from in stock items is driven by the labor intensity of
the process.
Debossed is indented.
Laser engravers can only deboss a blank silicone bracelet.
Durability
The most durable type of silicone bracelet is the debossed type followed
closely with the color filled debossed type which can be done with a laser
engraver or molded into the silicone bracelet at the factory. Thicker
bracelets are also an improvement in durability. .
Font Differences
Not all fonts are created equal. Each font takes up its own amount of space
per character for a given point size in relation to other fonts. Some fonts
work fine in both ALL CAPS and CAPS & Lower Case applications. Others
do not look good in ALL CAPS.
Big and Bold
The initial silicone bracelet design was debossed only which limits the
selection of fonts because the readability of the text and graphics relied on
casting a shadow to see the message. Therefore the messages tended to
be big, bold, deep and limited on character count. Also the casing of a
shadow does not work as well on dark colors as compared to light colors.
Color filling removes this limitation by creating a contrasting color for the text
and graphics allowing for much more readable information to be displayed
on each side of the silicone bracelet.
Clip Art
We offer 600 clip art graphics to choose from.
Messages
What's in a message anyway? For the purpose of our engraving and
molding processes a message is any combination of text and graphics
including logos that will fit on one half of a silicone bracelet. If you take a
given silicone bracelet and spread it out between two fingers it divides into
two halves (the Front Half and the Back half). If you turn the silicone
bracelet inside out and do the same thing you now have two more halves to
work with called the inside back and the inside front. Therefore there are
actually 4 messages that can be placed in these silicone bracelets.
Message Identification
The 4 messages are then referred to as follows: Front Message, Back
Message, Inside Front Message and Inside Back Message.
Text Limitations
The text character limitation is simply related to how small of a text can you
read which determines how much text information you can place on one half
of a silicone wristband. Each font takes up its own amount of space in
relation to other fonts so counting the number of characters allowed is not
completely accurate because of this relationship to font types. As a general
guideline using and Arial Font for the XL size for 24 point, 16 point and 11
point fonts you can get 20, 32, and two rows of 45 characters respectively
on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Adult size for 24 point, 16 point
and 11 point fonts you can get 18, 28, and two rows of 40 characters
respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Youth size for 24
point, 16 point and 11 point fonts you can get 16, 24, and two rows of 35
characters respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. For the Toddler
size for 24 point, 16 point and 11 point fonts you can get 14, 20, and two
rows of 30 characters respectively on halve of the silicone wristband. The
smallest readable font size is 10 points for a simple easy to read font such
as Arial or Comic Sans. We use one program that is strictly limited to these
various font size increments and we use another that allows us to stretch or
shrink as needed.
Text Colors
The text colors we offer are basic Red, White, Blue, Yellow, and Black. We
can make variations of these colors upon request. Examples of variations
are Dark Blue, Light Blue, Pink, Dark Red, and Gray. Mixing these colors to
get variations is not precise so differences in results may occur.
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