> Know what?  I hate transfer letters!
>Once I had access to a computer with a laser printer I never used them
>again.  If meticulous manual tasks and an eye for letter
>spacing are not your metier, you'll hate them even more than I do.
>

I hate them too, and although I use the laser printer/mat board method for
object labelling (because in my shows things change so quickly), recently I
have changed to press-on vinyl lettering for signage in the galleries.  I
order it from a local printer.  I send them a disk with the ASCII text of
what I want done plus a hard copy with all the italics, point sizes, etc.
noted and they give me back lines and sheets already pre-spaced:  just draw
a level line to start with, peel off the backing sheet, align the first line
with your level line, stick it to the wall, rub all over to transfer the
letters to the wall, and CAREFULLY and SLOWLY remove the top sheet.  It can
get expensive if you have lots and lots of text, but for major titles and
short explanatory text that's going to stay a while it's still less
expensive than silkscreening.

NOTE:  Don't do the above on flat latex paint unless it's going to be there
a long time, because it WILL wreck your walls.  Do it on an eggshell or
semigloss finish.  When it does come time to peel it off (letter by letter,
alas), it comes off better if you use a hair dryer to warm the stickum as
you are peeling.

Good luck!  I was up until MIDNIGHT in my galleries last night putting large
long text panels in vinyl letters up all over the place.


P.S.  Event #1 of our grand opening, a "christening" party this evening,
went GREAT!  Only two more to go...


Julia Moore
Indianapolis Art Center