Using a vintage lettering set - GIF

Using a vintage lettering set.

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Previously:

Japanese business lettering machine - GIF
Vintage Leroy lettering set- video

I have a Leroy lettering set like the from my father-in-law. He was REALLY good with it.

How do they adjust the kerning? Is it all done by eye or is their an index mark they use?

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Originally Posted by Karl_H

How do they adjust the kerning? Is it all done by eye or is their an index mark they use?

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if you look at the bottom of the template strip, you see graduation marks. You use those marks along with a reference mark on whatever you are using for a guide strip. Using those marks, like on a typewriter, all of the letters take the same space. When you are good, like my father in law was, you make adjustments for narrow vs wide characters.