192 DRAWINGS FOR PUBLICATION [Ch. VI 



Use a fine brush to put the paste on the letters, and then use fine 

 forceps (fig. 70) to pick up the letters and transfer them to the proper 

 position. Press down with the finger covered with tissue paper or 

 very fine cloth or with fine blotting paper. Press directly downward 

 or the letter is Hable to be displaced or distorted by a lateral thrust. 



Fig. 116 A. Gothic Type por Lettering Drawings. ' 

 (From Optic Projection). 



§ 304. White letters for black background. — The white letters, 

 words, or numerals are most easily procured by photography. The 

 letters, words, etc., are printed on tissue paper. This is used as a 

 negative by placing it face down on a glass plate and in a printing J 

 frame. Use some developing paper like Cyco, Velox, etc., of the con- 

 trast variety. Print as for any negative and develop with a contrast 

 developer so that the whites and blacks will be perfect. The white 



