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Illustrations compiled from Neon Signs and Cold-Cathode Lighting, by Samuel C. Miller, Tubelite Co., 2nd Edition, 1963 (1st Edition, 1935). Collection of Letterform Archive.
I assume this to be the most comprehensive technical manual on neon ever published. Subsequent reprints are easy to track down and it makes a great companion to Neon: A Light History, by Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein, which was just released last month.
Progress shot of just the lettering. You can see my other ideas for letters above it. :)
From left to right I used the following Coloris shades:
4501
4508
4517
4509
4502
4506
A pair of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2s have different sized lettering due to their having been painted into the "tiger scheme" at different times. The lead unit has the lettering used initially. The train is on Norfolk Southern tracks in Bellevue, Ohio. (Scanned from a slide)
My wife’s great grandfather’s “Lettering for pen and brush” manual, the cover of which is nearly obliterated with “practice” or possibly “accidents”. I’ll be sure to post a shot of the entire cover in the near future. It’s quite the work of art.
Lettering I did, cutted out of steel with water! I'ts now for a week on my balcony to let it rust....
Placed in the 29th Annual of Advertising and Editorial Art, 1950. Quite different from the Modernist stuff for which he was later known. Still bold, though.
by Rudolph Wendelin. Scanned at the Forest History Service.
Lauren Hart did some amazing research on the National Forests signage, and found the designer to be Rudolph Wendelin, a graphic artist that popularized Smokey the Bear. At Lauren’s suggestion, I emailed the Forest History Society, and they returned with a scan of the original material. Amazing. Thank you so much Lauren!!
Ante todo!!!...
Gracias por acompañarnos en este año lleno de cambios. Sin duda han sido fundamentales. Espero reencontrarlos pronto!. Seamos felices!
Un abrazo grande!,
yani
© Yani Arabena & Guille Vizzari
Built as SSW 9660 in September 1989. Originally patched to UP 1965 and then later renumbered to UP 1076. Currently one of six final patched Cotton Belt locomotives on Union Pacific’s roster as of January 2023. When UP 1413, the last patched SP Roman lettered locomotive on the roster, was graffiti tagged almost beyond recognition it left those six former Cotton Belt GP60s as the final examples of Southern Pacific style Roman lettering on UP’s roster. Photo taken 1/19/2023.
In the 'Help Yourself!' annual for 1938 a very bold advert showing Father Christmas and a sack of Manikin Cigars - in the days when Santa could be used to advertise such products. The Manikin brand was manufactured by the London concern of J R Freeman, based in Walham Green, who by this date had interests in the Havana, Cuba, concern of H. Uppmann who they had bought out in 1920. In 1947 they themselves were acquired by the giant Gallagher brand.
No designer is shown for the advert that uses a veritable mix of lettering.
Anyhow - happy Christmas to you all - I hope you have a wonderful Festive time.
Schrift: Geschrieben, Gezeichnet, und Angewandt, Ernst Bentele, Karl Gröner Verlag, Ulm-Söflingen, Germany, n.d. [ca. 1953]
This page describes the placement of lettering in a modular, round-cornered style commonly known in America as “gaspipe”.