STENCILLED INITIAL LETTERS

Southland Times, Issue 23948, 14 October 1939, Page 8 (Supplement)

STENCILLED INITIAL LETTERS

The plain stencilled letter is not usually very attractive, but whe> the stencilling is done on the lin's shown in these illustrations, son ething a little more unusual is die

result. Stencilling is done by cutting out spaces in a sheet of paper nd then applying colour with a ->rush. Taking- the letter H as an example; the treatment in small squares is effective and this idea may be applied to all straight-line letters and some of the curved ones. Where it is difficult to arrange for

the small squares it is often possible to use small triangles. The centre letter is an example of what can be done. The end example of the same letter is another variation.

Another method of stencilling is to deal with the background as shown in the lower line of examples.

.Interesting colour effects can be achieved by first stencilling a background of the complete shape of the space and then to stencil over in another colour. The method is shown in the example O and a variation is shown at B. All that

is necessary in this form of stencil is to remove the parts that are shown black. All letters can be adapted either to the square or the round background; the plain block letter is an easy shape to do at first, but both the Roman and the Gothic alphabets may be used. Initials stencilled as shown ara

useful on your notepaper, if you use some colour to harmonise or contrast with your paper. A small stencilled letter looks attractive when placed on the flaps of envelopes. Oil-colour stencils can ba used for handkerchiefs.