dave2-8-0 Wrote (approximately):
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> Stathi P. did extensive research on the lettering
> design, style and placement for engine 168. There
> are NO KNOWN photos of 425 anywhere. There
> are a number of them of 424. 423, and lots of 168.
> The main conclusion is that there are differences,
> mainly by who painted them, and what car shop
> did it.
Spacing of #'s seems to be the biggest
>
factor. The kerning seems to be random, and
>
just a visual thing by that day's painter.
That's what caught my eye also, Dave -
Not so much the size of the numbers, but their spacing — which appears WAY too close to my nit-picky geezerly eyes.
OTOH, I am guilty of the same error myself (see [ngdiscussion.net]), having hastily applied the vinyl cab numbers to #487 when she was being prepped to stand in as #483 for the C&TS 40th B.D. directly as they came from
Design-A-Sign in Pagosa Springs without spreading them out a bit. (I was exposed to Robert Bringhurst's
Elements of Typographic Style in one of my Web design classes at UCSB more than two decades ago, and I have no excuse for ignoring the old adage
"Measure Twice - Cut Paste Once".)
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2021 09:03PM by Russo Loco.