Truck Lettering: Custom Vinyl Lettering for Work Trucks and Vans

Truck lettering from Work Decals is vinyl lettering made to order as a decal that you apply yourself. A decal is priced by its lines: one USDOT line is $18.99, so both doors come to $37.98 before shipping. You can see your exact text on a truck door before you pay, on every lettering product page and in the door builder.

Custom vehicle lettering: seven ways to do it

• Lettering decals for name, phone and numbers: your lines on a solid rectangle, 12, 18 or 24 inches wide. The USDOT Decal Sticker is $18.99, the Custom USDOT Logo (name, city, USDOT, MC) $32, the Business Name + Phone Number $30.99, and Make-Your-Own 5-Line $51.
• Ready-made logo designs: over 100 looks at $120 per door, contour cut included. We email a proof and print once you approve it, or 3 days after we send it if we have not heard back.
• Your own logo: upload it for $69, $89 or $99 (12, 18 or 24 inches on the longest side).
• A logo designed for you: logo design from $199 with 2 printed decals, 5 options emailed the same business day, made with AI design tools and checked by us.
• Full-art door sets: an illustrated pair for both doors at $189 per set, with the same proof step as logos.
• Magnetic signs: removable, for a vehicle you also drive privately.
• Fleets: the fleet builder takes 5% off at 5 decals, 10% off at 10 and 15% off at 25 or more.

Commercial truck lettering: what goes on the doors

Typical lines are business name, phone, city, and USDOT and MC when they apply. A truck covered by the federal marking rule carries the carrier's legal name or single trade name, as on its FMCSA registration, plus its USDOT number, on both sides, in letters that contrast sharply and read from 50 feet in daylight while stopped (49 CFR 390.21). FMCSA says no MC marking requirement exists, though many carriers add one.

Whether yours is covered turns on weight and use: see who needs a USDOT number, the display rules and where to put the number. We print what you type, you are responsible for compliance, and rules change, so confirm with FMCSA and your state.

How tall the lettering comes out

On lettering decals the number lines are sized to fill the width you pick. For a typical seven-digit number such as USDOT 1234567, the numbers are about 1 inch tall on a 12 inch decal, 1.5 inches on 18 and 2 inches on 24. With contour cut they come out about 10% taller. Adding a company name or MC line makes the decal taller, not the numbers smaller.

Lettering product pages and the builder show the letter height for your exact text as you type. These are our decal sizes, not a federal rule: 49 CFR 390.21 sets no height in inches. See how big USDOT numbers need to be.

Vehicle lettering by vehicle type

Each has its own page: pickups, box trucks, semis, vans, trailers and cars and SUVs. Trades: all decal pages.

Vinyl lettering for trucks versus paint or a wrap

We make vinyl decals only. We do not paint, hand letter, install or make wraps, so we cannot quote them. For paint or a wrap, get written quotes for the same lines and compare totals for both doors. See truck lettering vs wrap and truck lettering cost.

How ordering works

1. Type your lines in the builder or on a product page, then pick a width and colors (fonts and colors guide).
2. Read the preview. Lettering has no proof: the preview is the approval, and we print exactly what you type.
3. Order two for both doors (product pages have a Set of 2 option).
4. Apply it with the printed sheet in the package, or the video on install.

Shipping is $7.99 flat, free on orders of $99 or more. Decals are 3M or Oracal vinyl with a matching gloss UV-protective laminate, and a 3-year guarantee replaces one that peels or comes off.