OOps, I forgot to mention that- those LPIs are Lines Per Inch, and refer to the frequency of the dot 'screen' used in making halftones, for screen printing, or newspaper & magazine & printed photos.

Dave, I'm not the expert here, but I'll chip in with my crude 2c as no one else has replied yet...

PPI is the picture resolution of a bitmap file in a photo editing program like adobe photoshop, corel photopaint and others.
It's for pixels (a pixel is a PICture ELement) per inch, of file size ...

Kent, thanks for the reply- I've got a photocopy of MC Hillick's book (1906 edn), we made in the 1970s- I think Dover have a modern reprint of it available now though.

I'll try & find some old pictures of some in a couple of old books I have later- it'd be good to see a photo of Bob Simpson's one ...

Kent, I'd love to see a photo of one that narrow (1/8")!

Actually, when I said half an inch wide, I meant that was the width between centres of stripes- there's a 3/8" gap between them depending on the fatness of the lines.

I think Mike has 'put that design to bed' now, though I suppose I could ...

Oops, I forgot to say thanks for the Utube clip!

Some before & after pix of one we redid last June to September. It was used in the TV series Five Mile Creek, featuring Nicle Kidman in the mid 1980s.


http://www.traditionalsigns.com/assets/images/NymboidaCoachB&A-bk-opt.jpg

http://www.traditionalsigns.com/assets/images/NymboidaCoach-wheels ...

Patrick, I wish the gap were less on the three I have- a full half inch is a bit wide for a lot of what i could use it for. I had ideas of inventing a mini thumbscrew with left & right hand threads and two heads so the width could be varied...a project for when I retire!

You're right though about ...

Hi Mike- although this isn't strictly 'lettering', it is 'hand done', and someone here mentioned a dual striper at a UK meet a few years ago. Mack brushes used to make them, but there is a hefty learning curve to using them. ON striping forums, many who had them gave up rather than trying to master ...

Glad to be able to help!
(I guess I could have posted the step-by-steps we used here too, but they're on a similar thread on letterville)

Mike, my mother was a photographer in the 50s & 60s, and she used to do a bit of that light painting, in black & white, way back then- the effects were great, as are your pics- well done!

HI Terry,
do you by any chance still have more than one of those double stripers left?
I've seen them in old catalogues, too, and often thought about making one, but I was never prepared to chop up a pair of daggers to make one! I also couldn't figure that they'd be too successful, unless you were ...