I use Lucinda Sans Unicode, 5 point. It is quite small and very legible.
I use acid free paper, a laser printer, and B-72 for barrier coat,
adhesive and top coat. If you wait a few minutes between the coats, it
all goes down fine. Unless you use special archival pigmented ink in
your inkjet printer, your numbers will not be lightfast.
Anne
Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
704-568-1774, ext 110
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Winter Featured Events and Exhibits:
North Carolina Slave Narratives, February 5, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Stitched from the Soul Family Day, February 12, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
An Evening with Robert Bruns - the Scottish Bard, February 26, 6:30 -
10:30 p.m.
Civil War Encampment, March 5, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Vecinos/Neighbors on exhibit until August 2005
Stitched from the Soul: The Farmer-James Collection of African-American
Quilts, on exhibit until March 2005
Solving the Rock House Mysteries, now on exhibit
For information on these and all other events, please call (704)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Goodan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: marking objects
I don't know if using Word would be easier, but you can make the font
size 6
point or even smaller. Just highlight the text and then select the pull
down font size option from the menu bar, instead of selecting one from
the
list enter the size you want manually.
For those using the printed numbers, what font are you using? I'd like
to
get a consensus as to what works well really small.
Lee Goodan
Registrar
Gaston County Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: David Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: marking objects
> Hi Shannon,
> We print out our numbers on acid free paper using an inkjet printer
> (specifically an Epson Stylus Color 800). We print them out of an
Excel
> spreadsheet because we can get the point size down to 6 point
(Microsoft
> Word only goes as small as 8 point). We then cut up the numbers and
apply
> them with tweezers. We apply a base coat of B-72 in acetone and place
the
> number in the still wet base coat. We then apply a final coat over
the
> still wet B-72 and paper number. It is very legible, fast, easy,
> efficient and we have had no problem with the ink running or fading.
> Sincerely,
> David Ryan
> Registrar
> Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
> www.cspm.org
>
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