Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen (1910)
Hackes, Sidney, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Chicago, Fairchild company · leaf 53
he lettering in the proportion you would desire it, wouldrepresent your completed sign; each inch in length and heightwould be one foot on the actual sign. Fairchild Script is especially adapted for signs with raisedwooden letters, because the fine lines on regular script crackmore readily when… … For roof signs the letters are cut from galvanized sheetiron. The letters are fastened to the meshed wire frame bymeans of durable copper wire, which is passed through holespierced through the letters and twisted tight on the back tothe mesh. Such letters should receive one coat of red leadand two…
Lettering · Advertising cards
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