Couldn't get all the lettering in, but the partial wording on the glass partition / sliding doors spell "Brisbane Powerhouse".

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

10.5' X 8' Installation @ Typeforce. SOLD OUT.

(#crossprocessing in Amsterdam)

Fuji Provia 100 (expired)

I'm going to tweak the lettering a little here and there, but I like the looks already.

The kind of lettering that inspired Gotham. Likely 1950s.

Another variation of the Sickels lettering.

by W.E. Dennis

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.

Please make sure to check all the sketches on my facebook

Lettering I did, cutted out of steel with water! I'ts now for a week on my balcony to let it rust....

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www.marinachaccur.com/lettering/desenhando-palavras/

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.

Here's one of the books he lettered in the ’50s.

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!!

33667 appears to have lost her front “Excel” lettering for some strange reason......

Leica II, Leitz 50mm/f2 Summar, fuji np100, expired film,

If you live in Portland I think this guide is out now! I did some lettering for the cover and interiors.

ps. very exciting to be hired to do lettering!

Beauty shop on Macarthur Blvd., Oakland.

Lettering.

See it on behance for more views and close-ups.

watches

Custom lettering

"Disappear" lettering drawing by White Angel .

Natural pigments & water based paintmarkers on paper

www.marinachaccur.com/lettering/foras-da-lei-new/

In the Melbert B. Cary Jr. Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology

Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets

archive.org/details/studio00welo

boceto

Art Monograms & Lettering, J.M Bergling 1918

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”.

Close up "Typography" lettering

If It's Not Fun...

Lettering Inc’s Lettering Inc Styles (Condensed Edition), 1948

Drawing based in the studios from Tommy Thonsom.

Spring is finally here! Photo was taken in my backyard today.

Schrift: Geschrieben, Gezeichnet, und Angewandt, Ernst Bentele, Karl Gröner Verlag, Ulm-Söflingen, Germany, n.d. [ca. 1953]

A very nice lettering manual.

See also Gustav Behre’s Malerei, Schrift, Graphik, a great signmaking manual from the same publisher.