Intarsia lettering

[markw]

I see lettering on intarsia wood projects, like U.S. Army on the teddy bears. How do they get the letters on to the wood so perfect?

[Brian Pardue]

I cut the letters into the piece and use a raising shim to make the lettering stand proud of the piece. You can also overlay the letters as well.

[Rapid Roger]

Go to Tutorials, Techniques and Tips. Go to page 2 and the seventh post down "How to cut fonts on wood" by agoodday 88 will show you how I do it....with pictures too! 
You can use spacers, (shims) as Brian suggested, for the raised effect if you want too....or not. 

Rog

[Rapid Roger]

I just had another thought....
If you just want to cut the lettering separately and glue on top of the background but are concerned about spacing, use tracing paper under a second (or third) pattern to locate where the letters are and proper angle for them.
I would just cut the letters from one copy of the pattern, cut the background from a second copy and use the third copy with tracing paper over the background piece to trace out the letter position on the background to glue the letters in proper position.
Will that help?

Rog