From:
Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>
Date:
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:56:21 -0400
Subject:
stone letter cutting tools
On Jul 14, 2006, at 6:54 PM, Walter S. Arnold wrote:
Quoted text begins.computer fonts are designed to look right in two
dimensions, on paper or a screen. They need to be reworked to be
suitable for stone, tweaking the weight of the narrow and wide
strokes, and the shape of the serifs.
End of quote.
Hi Walter,
Wanting to do letter cutting some time ago, but being too impatient
to learn calligraphy, I just "cheated" and used Word to format the
inscription, do the spacing, aligning, etc, then printed it on
acetate and overhead projected. It worked, but looked mighty stiff.
It turned out OK because the text was something from the Old
Testament, but still, it lacked life.
I'm reading more on letter forms and drawing them a bit too, but
haven't a clue about what changes one would make so the letters are
more suitable for carving. Would you say a word about what you meant
about these three things (though I realize that explaining this in an
e-mail is probably about as natural as ... using it to compose
inscriptions).
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