Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In bookbinding, an impress on a book-cover by movable types from a hand-stamp, in opposition to an impress by a machine from an engraved stamp.
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Examples
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Here's a test page where I'm trying to figure out if I should hand-letter the comic or use a pre-made font, as well as if color adds anything to it (at least how I currently color things, that is, and unfortunately I don't really know any other way to color):
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. pabba 2009
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Hmm, I think if I were to hand-letter that sign again today, I would probably use “learned”.
hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » At the Height of My Programming Renown 2009
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He was one of the few people to hand-letter the World War II surrender documents, verifying their authenticity, before they were flown to Japan and signed on the USS Missouri in 1945.
Charles R. Watkins, former civilian master planner of Air Force bases, dies at 92 Post 2010
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It was an amateurish layout job but someone had taken the time to hand-letter the text in a passable calligraphy.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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It was an amateurish layout job but someone had taken the time to hand-letter the text in a passable calligraphy.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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It was an amateurish layout job but someone had taken the time to hand-letter the text in a passable calligraphy.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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It was an amateurish layout job but someone had taken the time to hand-letter the text in a passable calligraphy.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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It was an amateurish layout job but someone had taken the time to hand-letter the text in a passable calligraphy.
The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010
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World leaders hell-bent on universal destruction might be accumulating nuclear armaments like the lucky winners of a Nickelodeon-sponsored Toys 'R Us shopping spree, but even the homeliest child could send a hand-letter plea for peace … and land herself a spot on the evening news.”
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His lettering on his cartoons could use a bit of work, but I hand-letter crappy too which is why I prefer to letter using Freehand and one of Robin's home-made Fontographer fonts and the 'toons themselves are worth reading and I think this guy can only get better as he goes along.
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