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I've enjoyed the Rolco and Hastings for many years, and have not found suppliers that I deal with that carry either of these. For many years the size from France was the hit. Currently the sign suppliers have the Dux or 1Shot. I don't know if the Dux is made for Sepp Leaf or not, but they...

Gino, I don't agree with you. I frequently have outdoor gilding projects and the weather would prohibit a slower gilding time frame.

How do you compare 1 Shot quick size to the Dux size?

I've painted boards for many years and now need to do one of those digital printed covers. I don't know where to order, how long they last, or how to install one over a plywood sign with framework on the back side? Would I be better printing vinyl in 4x8 sections to apply on aluminum and install...

I apprenticed to a man from Kansas City. He left there in 1952 and moved to LA. He was a native American raised on a reservation. Seems like they called letters Egyptions or Romans or casuals or scripts. They were formal or bold. I never heard the word font in a sign shop until the computers...

Brad, thank you for your thoughtful response.

that old sign painters gothic is very nice. Look at how strong the S is in that compared to the S in the letterhead font version. I'd like to have a font similar to that!

I expect anyone that learned how to pick up a brush and letter without a pattern and worked in a commercial sign shop would know what an egyptian letter is. It has no serifs or thick and thin stroke values like a roman letter. Traditionally, it's pulled with one stroke and the terminals are...

I've seen a couple, and had some, but sure can't remember their names.

also, now that I have it looking as I want it again, how do I save that in my preference manager?

Frank, thank you. That was the solution I was looking for.

Sometimes I wish all the tool bars were just a bit smaller so I could get what I need on two rows instead of three on a smaller screen on my laptop. Anyone know a way to do this?

I bought the Electro Pounce in 1970 and still use it regularly. A young man I met wants to build one and I was remembering the one's from my early years when shops made their own. I don't remember if it was done with a neon transformer or a fluorescent ballast, just remember it came off an old...

When I was an apprentice there were a couple shops I visited and did a few jobs in that had electric perforators they made with neon transformers and rheostats. Does anyone remember more exacting details of how this was done?

I have tried the NexusFont and found it not recognizing the post script fonts. I'm now looking at the suitcase fusion. Seems many years back there was a decent font management program with Corel. Is that still the case?

HDU is not legal here. We use redwood. My stash is smaller than ever, but I just mill it for jobs as needed every couple weeks.

For years I've appreciated a simple font utility called The Font Thing. I could install or uninstall fonts while looking at a preview. I could open folders of fonts sorted by some characteristic like script or sans serif or bold. I could type in the words I wanted to see the font in. It was fast...

I've heard some speak about Ubuntu and something like Kubuntu. What are the limitations of these systems? Will FlexiSign and Photoshop and the Microsoft Office stuff work flawlessly with these? Do they experience upgrades as frequently as Windows and the IOS?

I agree about renting software, but that's the only way they do it anymore. Today I scanned an image with Flexi and saw how much clean up work there was, then scanned it with Graphic Tracer. The vectorized version I got from GT was far superior to what Flexi was giving me. I was happy to save...

Several years back, Fred Weiss turned me on to a program called Imagaro Z,that aids in font recognition. That company has been sold and the data bank they used will no longer be, and there is a new program that is an updated version. ANyone have experience with Graphic Tracer? Fred....I want to...