Thank you for the inspiration. Your solution is flawless. The
only complication: the ring has to be nudged by half a
brick to be centred. It's tricky, but
Would something like this work well? No bricks were nudged in the process. (It's stenciled horizontally in this sample since the ring touches the letter)
Yes, indeed. I attempted several times to make the ring above
stencilled, to no avail. There are so many overlapping, partially
nudged custom bricks in