When choosing the perfect light up house numbers, you need to be careful when considering the type of font you will use as it will have an impact on your home's aesthetics.
Scrip fonts, thin, decorative font styles, and serif-style fonts can decrease your address' visibility from the road. For instance, Victorian and vintage light up house numbers, including Art Deco tend to be stylized. This makes them difficult to read or see from a distance.
Sans serif fonts that are thick like Helvetica will maximize your lighted house number's visibility. Many contemporary and modern house numbers are designed to be highly visible. This must be your goal.
Homeowners who are style conscious would readily trade readability of house numbers for a unique font style. As for safety-conscious homeowners, they know that it won't only be guests who'll drive by one's home as emergency response personnel who'll be responding to an urgent crisis right at your residence will check for house numbers as well. It’s, therefore, vital that you prioritize readability instead of style.
Even the spacing of light up house numbers is crucial for readability. Designers call the spacing as "kerning." When your light up house numbers are mounted closely, this lack of kerning will create visibility issues.
Conversely, lighted house numbers that are too far apart will not appear to be of a single numeral. Take for example "12390;" it'll seem as if it's "123" and "90" which will add confusion to those who are trying to find your home.