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by j.gilman
Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:38 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: WWII Letters
Replies: 10
Views: 14126

Thanks for the detailed description George. For some reason I didn't think it was that simple. I'll try it out on a smaller scale to get the letter forms down and then go larger. I also hadn't noticed the lines in the facia and how they used them to line up the tops of the counters even. I'm assumin...
by j.gilman
Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:09 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: WWII Letters
Replies: 10
Views: 14126

WWII Letters

Greetings all. I recently found an article about an army surplus store in California that was founded in 1945. Below is a picture of the shop with lots of beautiful letters on the walls and windows. Plain blue collar block style typical for the time period I'm assuming. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyb...