. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ure eight inches from the left hand end of your sign to XI on the board, place the letter guide to these marks and draw a line on both sides the let- ter guide, move the guide to the right and make X3 and X4, then make the bar of the letter H. This is the plain Gothic letter, and is the basis of the many kinds in use. The space between letters is the width of the letter guide, while between words it is one and a half to two times the width of the guide. In the attached drawing I have made the guide lines very faint ana the outlines of the letters dark
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ure eight inches from the left hand end of your sign to XI on the board, place the letter guide to these marks and draw a line on both sides the let- ter guide, move the guide to the right and make X3 and X4, then make the bar of the letter H. This is the plain Gothic letter, and is the basis of the many kinds in use. The space between letters is the width of the letter guide, while between words it is one and a half to two times the width of the guide. In the attached drawing I have made the guide lines very faint ana the outlines of the letters dark, for the guide lines will soon disappear. The mixing of paint is a mystery to many people, but is really very simple. For our purpose secure a paper of lamp black, a dime's worth of Japan drier and a pint of raw linseed oil, and putting a heaping tablespoonful of the black in a dish add oil, stirring constantly, until you have a mass as thick as cream, when you add a tea- spoonful of the drier. Stir well ana the paint is ready to use. Using a No. 8 sable "pencil," which is a brush, paint very carefully up to the outlines of the letters until you have a strip a quarter of an inch or more wide the shape of the letter, then, with a half-inch brush, fill in the rest of the letters; let dry, and your sign is ready to use. It will be as well for the beginner to let the out- lines to dry before filling in, but a hand rest may be made—a sort of a bridge—by using a piece of thin board three inches wide and a foot or more long. On one side of this, across both ends, fasten thin strips of wood, and it is ready to use. Leave the sign stand until it is dry, then put it up, and as simple as it is, it will attract a deal of attention. If a larger sign is desired, all there is to do is to widen the letter guide and the sign board in proportion. If, for instance, you want to make a sign with letters a foot high, use a board about five feet long and eighteen inches wide, made of w
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