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This is an interactive Bulletin Board on the topics of Sign making, design, fabrication, History, old Books and of coarse Letterheads, Keepers of the craft. The Hand Lettering Forum features links to resources, sign art history, techniques, and artists profiles. Learn more about Letterheads at https://theletterheads.com. Below you'll see Mchat has been added as a live communication portal for trial, and the Main forum Links are listed below.
This is an interactive Bulletin Board on the topics of Sign making, design, fabrication, History, old Books and of coarse Letterheads, Keepers of the craft. The Hand Lettering Forum features links to resources, sign art history, techniques, and artists profiles. Learn more about Letterheads at https://theletterheads.com. Below you'll see Mchat has been added as a live communication portal for trial, and the Main forum Links are listed below.
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- Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:59 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: MDO vs. other new tech substrates
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15222
mdo/hdu
Hi group: There is only one answer...mdo or hdu, I live on the oregon coast where we get 80" of rain a year, I seal my edges with acrylic latex primer (Benjamin Moore fresh start) finished with enamel I've been doing this for eons and dont have ANY delam problems. some years ago when medex firs...
- Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: casting,
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2838
casting,
OK people Mike has been great in setting up this site for US, how come these big lags in corresponding surely there are a lot of stories, success and failures ,lets hear about em'. OK here's a story from from quite a few years ago that changed my whole sign career and I've been at it a long time! Ho...
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:32 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Calligraphy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3381
Calligraphy
Catherine Kennedy: y our question about offset pen holders, I assume you are lefthanded.. if you are.. no you dont use an offset for copperplate/spencerian. sit at your desk use a straight pen with your lines horizontal, notice how your left hand moves, stay UNDER the lines not over like we usually ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: sign blanks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2616
sign blanks
I know we've discussed this a few times before on this forum, but here it is again...wooden sign blanks. I'm in the pacific northwest (oregon) I've been getting my blanks from northern calif. but I'm sick of the looks of stacked, laminated cedar 2x's, the glue line always shows and the finger joints...
- Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: Signs (Perfect Plank)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4249
Signs (Perfect Plank)
Hi All: Would anyone out there care to comment about their experience with Perfect Plank (brand) laminated wood sign blanks.
Thanks, Bill
Thanks, Bill
- Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:40 am
- Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
- Topic: exposure units
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14132