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Letter carvers see the drawing and carving of letters as a particular craft in itself, allied to but distinct from masonry and carving in general. Most letter carvers are both designers and carvers.
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designed for printing are rarely satisfactory when carved into stone, so most letter carvers design their own
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The plaque for the William Wordsworth Sesquicentenary, Rydal Mount, Cumbria, by
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is a form of inscriptional architectural lettering closely related to
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Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association
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International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
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This job-, occupation-, or vocation-related article is a
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Ralph Beyer
Coventry Cathedral

John Shaw
monumental masonry
stone carving
sculptors
typeface designers
Typefaces
letterforms
Heritage Crafts Association
sand blasting
laser etching
Nicholas Benson
Eric Gill
Ralph Beyer
Michael Harvey
David Kindersley
Richard Kindersley
John Shaw
Reynolds Stone
Macdonald Gill
Bryant Fedden


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