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This is an interactive Bulletin Board on the topics of Sign making, design, fabrication, History, old Books and of coarse Letterheads, Keepers of the craft. The Hand Lettering Forum features links to resources, sign art history, techniques, and artists profiles. Learn more about Letterheads at https://theletterheads.com. Below you'll see Mchat has been added as a live communication portal for trial, and the Main forum Links are listed below.

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We hope to keep this site simple and uncluttered, but a few notices are necessary.

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Body Lines On Trucks

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Body Lines On Trucks
Remember when trucks had easy to read body lines and you could...

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Paint Shelf Organization

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Old Forum Post: Posted by Rick Sacks on November 05, 2001

Paint Shelf Organization
We went into the shelves with all the cans of colors we have...

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Creating textures- Open topic

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Creating textures- Open topic
Besides the normal airbrush blends, toothbrush...

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Solvent Identification Contest :)

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Solvent Identification Contest :)

Posted by Mike Jackson on October 18, 2001
Okay...remember this might have happened at Kelly's...

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Glue Chipping, how fine of an outline can you go

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Posted by Bob Rochon on December 01, 2003

I recently this past weekend spent some time doing a small glass meet at Cam Bortz's shop...

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Glue Chipping and Relative Humidity

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Posted by RODERICK on December 01, 2003

I've been told that low humidity is an important factor so would it be better if there was...

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Rick Glawsons Year to Year Variations

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Posted by Mike Jackson on December 01, 2003

Roderick's post below brings up an interesting topic for me. When we first started...

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David Butler Workshop success story

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Posted by Larry White on December 08, 2002

A few months ago when Tony Segale told me David Butler was coming to California to give...

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Download John Yarnell's Rawson & Evans Corina Cigars Fil

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Posted by Mike Jackson on December 11, 2003

John Yarnell recently sent me a vectorized image for download from this site. Click...

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1929 Atkinson's SIGN PAINTING/Design Book

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SALES INFO OUT OF DATE, BUT SPECIFIC EDITION INFO FOLLOWS

Posted by John Grenier on December 12, 2003

I ran accross this item on...

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ok, here's a tech question

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Tony Segale on December 04, 03

Lodi Police Deptartment has a brand new building set to open in about three weeks. A leiutenant...

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Photo try

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Roderick, December 05, 03

Mike, I pasted your version to the url box .Hope it works

Roderick

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This Is It

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Posted by vance galliher on November 11, 2003

......i want to acknowledge you mike.... and those that share this amazing...

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can't find this book

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Posted by Tony Segale on November 11, 2003

looking for these two books, anyone know where they are available?

Glass Etching I...

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Keepers of the Craft

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 12, 2003

Hi all,
I made this image the other day, then colorized it tonight. The panels and the...

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New products?

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 12, 2003

Debbie Belcher mentioned a new product to me today at www.foamvisions.com. I went there...

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How do the big kids do it?

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Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy on November 12, 2003

I'm having all SORTS of problems trying to make reverse painted mirrors using...

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Great site for old images, Photos, info on Glass embossing

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Posted by Gary Godby on November 13, 2003

I recently ran across this site which has an endless array of images including, Ephemera,...

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Thanks to William Holohan for help tranferring old posts!

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by Mike Jackson » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:24 pm

Hi Forum Readers!
It is probably obvious, but we began the task of moving the old posts from the old Forum. I asked for help, and William Holohan...

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Vectorize vs Digitize

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Posted by Bob on December 11, 03

Mike,
Or anyone else I gues , what is the difference between something that has been vectorized as...

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Loading glass on my computer

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Pat Mackle

Help!! I want to connect a Sony Mavica 2.1 mega pixel digital camera to my Mac G4 via the USB cable. But the...

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1929 Atkinson's Sign Painting

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John Grenier
I ran accross this item on Ebay. I don't recall the original printing using those colors on the cover. The...

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Angel Gilding Solutions Available

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Posted by Larry White on November 13, 2003

In following a thread written on this bulletin board some time ago, I came in contact...

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Bob Mitchell's Book: Art of Glue-Chipped Glass Signs

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 14, 2003

I was searching around on abebooks.com this morning and checked for an out of print...

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Lone Star Letterhead Thank Yous

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Posted by Raymond Chapman on November 14, 2003

It's very quite here for the past few days.

After any Letterhead gathering there is...

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Other Rawson & Evans Patents

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 16, 2003

A few days ago, I looked over Rawson and Evans patent #494,999 and gave a brief...

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Rome

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Posted by John Grenier on November 17, 2003

Ciao Everybody,
Diana and I are in Rome, yeah the one in Italy.
We are taking pictures...

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Romaine -Tilgham - Matthews - Corning

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Posted by Robare M. Novou on November 18, 2003

Lawrence B. Romaine was responsible for cataloging catalogs, in his book "A Guide...

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New Bag of Candy

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Posted by Robin Sharrard on October 31, 2003

If ya haven't made your way to Mikes web site...Golden Era Studios in a long time, ya...

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New American Collection of Panels & Ornaments

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 01, 2003

Hi all,
In a couple of posts, I had mentioned I have been really busy on another...

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Books?

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by Keith Pettit » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:25 am

Thanks for all the updates, amazing! As a usual lurker this will take me ages to trawl through!
I feel very guilty when Mike asks everyone else for...

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Surface Gilding on Glass Question

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Posted by Marco on September 18, 2003

Boy, am I in a bind. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm adding a surface gilded name...

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Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:21 pm
Pattern Glue Chip

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Posted by Larry White on November 03, 2003

I did an experiment of placing 6" x 3" ovals cut out of craft paper and placing them in...

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Jeff Langs United Cigar glass panel finished

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Posted by Mike Jackson / Jeff Lang on November 03, 2003

Jeff finished his United Cigar sign and sent a photo. He made a note down...

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Learning About Glass

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Posted by Catharine C. Kennedy on November 05, 2003

Is there anyone in the New England area that teaches glass gilding and/or glue...

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Micromeet, Percell Signs, Califiornia

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Hey Ron...just a note to say thanks for hosting yet another great Letterheads meet. I sure had a good time seeing friends old and...

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WOW!!! Mikes Americana Collection

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Posted by Tony Segale on November 06, 2003

Just received my copy of Mike Jackson's Americana Collection. Wow! Great job, Mike....

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New Rawson & Evans photos added tonight -11-07-03

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 07, 2003

Not that I really needed to sit in front of the computer all night again, but I did...

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R & E Patent Numbers

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Posted by Robare M. Novou on November 08, 2003

A little over 10 years ago while I was at the Library researching gold chloride...

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More Patent #s

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Posted by Robare M. Novou on November 08, 2003

In the previous post, # 893,062 is for the 1908 "Developing Machine".

And patent #...

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Glawson / Rawson & Evans Zinc Sandblast Stencils

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 08, 2003
Glawson / Rawson & Evans Zinc Sandblast Stencils - Keepers of the Craft

Rick Glawson...

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Interesting Patent #494,999

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 09, 2003

I read through Rawson and Evans first patent last night. It is pretty interesting...

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Tilghmans Sand Blast Patent #

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Posted by Robare M. Novou on November 09, 2003

I did a google search and came up with tilghmans first british patent...#2147.

I...

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Photographic Etching in 1896

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 09, 2003

Rawson and Evans also developed a way of photographic etching in glass in 1896. The...

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Rawson and Evans Sales Brochures

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Posted by Mike Jackson on November 10, 2003

Here's the front cover of one of Rawson & Evans catalogs...or was it a sales tool? This...

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History of "The Hand Lettering Forum"

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Posted by Mike Jackson on October 16, 2003

Hi all,
I'm not too sure if everybody knows much about the history of the Hand...

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Sign photos from the movie Open Range - More Info

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Posted by Mike Jackson on October 16, 2003

Not long after our discussions about the signs in Costner's recent movie Open Range, I...

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Love and Hate "The Sign Biz"

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Posted by Roderick on October 16, 2003

After almost 40 year in the "Sign Biz"it never fails to amaze me what a client can do.
I...

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What Font Styles Would You Like To See?

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Posted by Chuck Davis on October 17, 2003

Is there a particular style that is missing from your current font list? I'd like to hear...

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Funny Signs

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Posted by John Grenier on October 19, 2003

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