Vince Crain was born in Pacoima California in 1964, the first born oldest son of Dale Davis and BettyLou Simmons. They moved back to eastern Washington where they originally lived, then to Portland OR in 1972, and eventually to Pilot Rock OR in 1981, where he graduated from High School in 1982. Vince was born with natural drawing ability, and at a young age would draw "snoopy" cartoons, and was also very inspired by Big Daddy Ed Roths style of monster hot rod cartoons. in 1982 he began sign painting and lettering, which remained a hobby thruout his life. He started working on a series of his "high octane art" in the late 1990's, and sold thousands of limited edition prints on his website as well as eBay.
The evolution of writing started with evolution of culture. We might find some of the pictorial writings in the oldest cultures of stone age like 0.5 million years old Samma Soan Valley (Salt Range&Kashmir )culture in South Asia. The oldest writings are found in the pre-historic civilizations of Egypt, Mepotimia, Harappan Civilization in South Asia , China and many other ancient civilizations in EU and Amerca. The Greeks and Romans contributed much in writng systems. Being researcher on secret writing ,codes and ciphers and offered 1st sucessful cryptanalysis model on matured Harappan scripts, I would say that secret writing and use of codes in love is as old as the writngs of ancient civilizaations.
Ellington is a display typeface and was designed in 1990 by Michael Harvey. It is named after Duke Ellington, because it is said to be a daring, modern typeface which evokes his spirit. It is published by Monotype Imaging. Michael Harvey is a lettering artist specializing in calligraphy. The Ellington font thus has a definite calligraphic influence. He drew the first sketches for the font in 1983. Numerous foundries showed interest in the design, but it was Monotype that worked with him in finalizing the design in the late 1980s. In all, Michael Harvey created over a thousand drawings for Monotype Imagining for digitizing the Ellington family of four weights plus italics. Michael Harvey drew Ellington with a tall x-height and narrow set to give the typeface economy of space in short texts with a presence to make a strong statement in display sizes. He took great care to make sure that the set for Ellington would be typographically please. He gave the letters long horizontal serifs to allow for graceful spacing. Vertical strokes are thick and horizontal strokes are thin. He says that the name Ellington just came to him out of the blue. He is a jazz fan. The type family was launched at Type 90 held in Oxford, England, where the sounds of a band playing Duke Ellington's music was heard on the last night of the party.
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Lettering is the art of making letters with the use of drawing or lettering instruments.... Lettering is the art of making letters with the use of drawing or lettering instruments....
meaning of principle of lettering
John Brinkley has written: 'Lettering today' -- subject(s): Lettering 'Lettering today' -- subject(s): Lettering
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ralliart lettering font
Freestyle
lettering the act or process of inscribing with or making letters.
Most lettering on a coin is raised. Incuse lettering, usually on the edge, is either stamped, hammered or impressed into the coin.
im the freestyle king.
Believe in Aramaic lettering is spelled as ܒܪܩܝܢ.
I have one with gold lettering as well. It's a1962 model. It looks factory as well.