Signwriting – a lost art?
21/12/2012
These illustrations were taken this week of a hand painted sign in the local town a few kms from where I live. Judging by the style I’d estimate the sign was painted in the 60s or perhaps 70s. It is a nice example of slab lettering combined with shading to make the lettering seem as if engraved or incised. (Shame about the orange graffiti.)
The next illustration, taken from A.J. Lewery’s Signwritten Art (1989, David and Charles), shows a page from William Sutherland’s The Practical Guide to Sign Writing and Gilding, and Ornamenting on Glass (1860).
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Very nice. Plastic letters have much to answer for.