Off topic artsy question

May 30, 2005 6 Replies

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Bart V 21 years ago

Off topic but I figured with all you artsy folks here... Over the weekend a friend asked me if I had any suggestions how he could print some nice golden lettering on the spine of his stamp albums, preferablty some funky embossed kinda letters. Maybe some rub-on kinda letters or anything that comes to mind..? I'd greatly appreciate an email if anyone has any hints/clues. Many thanks, Bart - glass [AT] haruteq [DOT] com

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Moonraker 21 years ago

How about a gold "paint pen" and a calligrapher?

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Andrew Werby 21 years ago

[If you want real embossed lettering, then you need to impress them into the surface of the album spine somehow. The word implies some change in the height of the lettering vis a vis the surface it's on. Once that's done (you can buy letter stamps in small sizes, or make your own larger ones) it's no big deal to use gold leaf to fill in recessed areas (instructions are on my site). That's the old-fashioned way to do it, anyhow...]

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Javahut 21 years ago

Know of a small sign shop that uses a "vinyl cutter " instead of paints? They set up the letters on the computer, put the proper material in the plotter/cutter , (gold metallic vinyl with adhesive back), and hit "print" "Weed out" the backing area stuff you don't want on the edge and away you go. Stick it on and burnish.

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