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Graceland Cemetery. Was surprised to see a lot of what I call "athletic slab" letters on the turn-of-the-century markers. Perhaps I should now refer to the style as "gravestone slab" since it likely came first.
Metropolitan drinking fountain & cattle trough association. The C and G are to quite similar. Note the squarish ampersand.
A good read: thelondonphile.com/tag/metropolitan-drinking-fountain-and...
Second in my on-going series of illustrations being published in Report on Business accompanying an answer column.
Considerable lettering in this one.
Seems to be modern offices, but with immaculate brush lettering on the doors. For more beautiful cursive typography, see Gertie's set.
Lettering on Hoylake and West Kirby Urban District Council Electric Light Dept. manhole cover (link box) in cast iron and concrete.
I attended a conference at St. Bride Library in 2007. During the 2 days we had experiences with various type tools one of them was hand carving. I loved it to bits.
Now that I am revisiting the earlier stuff I made it is the perfect opportunity to rekindle my love of monumental hand carved letters.
This one shows our instructor explaining how to keep the chisel at an angle that will help to carve at an optimum depth. The desired effect is to give the letter some body: light washing and shadow creation hence contrast will be achieved in stone.