Posted in Nostalgia, Stationery, Uncategorized, tagged Nostalgia, Stationery, typography on April 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
John Bull outfits came in all sizes - but you had to keep on buying more because it was easy to lose the little black rubber letters...
If you play with Meccano do you grow up to be an engineer? Did my childhood toys make me a journalist, or was it an in-born love of writing that made me ask for John Bull printing sets and a typewriter?
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Posted in Art & Design, Nostalgia, Stationery, Uncategorized, tagged design, fonts, Nostalgia, Stationery, typography on January 30, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Letraset dry transfer lettering in 1974
I still treasure a Letraset catalogue from 1974. I’m not sure why, as I never really got on with Letraset. If you don’t remember it, I had better explain that in those days it was a form of instant “dry transfer” “rub-down” lettering. And I never could get it lined up straight.
Those were the days long before QuarkXPress (launched in 1987) and Adobe PhotoShop (launched in February 1990).
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