1) Press letter into contact with surface with finger.
2) Shade lightly over letter with the burnisher supplied with the lettering sheet.
3) Carefully lift away sheet. Repeat process until setting is complete.
Finally: Cover completed setting with protective tissue and burnish hard with finger
Finally: Cover completed setting with protective tissue and burnish hard with finger
Pre-release technique
This is an alternative application method which will help transfer to difficult surfaces (e.g. rough metal, tracing linen, delicate tissue paper.)
1) Hold sheet away from surface, and rub lightly over letter with burnisher until it appears to turn completely grey. (pre-released)
2) Place in position on artwork and press off with finger.
3) Cover with protective tissue and burnish hard.
This is an alternative application method which will help transfer to difficult surfaces (e.g. rough metal, tracing linen, delicate tissue paper.)
1) Hold sheet away from surface, and rub lightly over letter with burnisher until it appears to turn completely grey. (pre-released)
2) Place in position on artwork and press off with finger.
3) Cover with protective tissue and burnish hard.
The protective backing tissue is silicone coated to prevent letters accidently transferring to it. It should always be placed under the sheets when using Instant Lettering. Protect your Instant Lettering sheet by replacing the backing tissue after use to prevent dirt and dust adhering to the sheet.
Removing Instant Lettering is easy. From paper or board, instant lettering can be removed with a pencil eraser, or by rubbing with adhesive tape. From hard surfaces (e.g. metal or plastic), lay a piece of adhesive tape over the letter or word, rub down and peel away. (Instant Lettering should always be removed before burnishing).
Never use heavy pressure to transfer: Heavy pressure when transferring may crack the letters: shade lightly using the same pressure as if you were writing. Apply pressure when burnishing the transferred letter(s).
Make sure your surface is clean: Dust and grease (e.g. finger marks) on your surface will inhibit transfer. This is particularly important on hard surfaces-metal/plastics/glass and acetate. Also make sure your surface is completely dry.
Note: Instant lettering should not be applied to heavily plasticised PVC (Rexene, etc.) After a few days, the plasticiser causes the lettering to become sticky.
If part of a letter does not transfer when sheet is removed. Allow sheet to fall back into place and rub lightly again.
Use guide lines to position letters. Guide lines are printed on all sheets 1/8" below each letter. Register these guide lines with a light pencil line drawn on your artwork, for correct alignment of letters.
To protect instant lettering against abrasion, apply '101' or Letracote (matt or gloss). For additional weatherproofing, use a polyurethane varnish. (Do not use a cellulose based varnish)
Store Instant Lettering sheets flat, in a cool, dry place. With proper storage, sheets three years old will be as good as new.
Using the Spacematic guide
Removing Instant Lettering is easy. From paper or board, instant lettering can be removed with a pencil eraser, or by rubbing with adhesive tape. From hard surfaces (e.g. metal or plastic), lay a piece of adhesive tape over the letter or word, rub down and peel away. (Instant Lettering should always be removed before burnishing).
Never use heavy pressure to transfer: Heavy pressure when transferring may crack the letters: shade lightly using the same pressure as if you were writing. Apply pressure when burnishing the transferred letter(s).
Make sure your surface is clean: Dust and grease (e.g. finger marks) on your surface will inhibit transfer. This is particularly important on hard surfaces-metal/plastics/glass and acetate. Also make sure your surface is completely dry.
Note: Instant lettering should not be applied to heavily plasticised PVC (Rexene, etc.) After a few days, the plasticiser causes the lettering to become sticky.
If part of a letter does not transfer when sheet is removed. Allow sheet to fall back into place and rub lightly again.
Use guide lines to position letters. Guide lines are printed on all sheets 1/8" below each letter. Register these guide lines with a light pencil line drawn on your artwork, for correct alignment of letters.
To protect instant lettering against abrasion, apply '101' or Letracote (matt or gloss). For additional weatherproofing, use a polyurethane varnish. (Do not use a cellulose based varnish)
Store Instant Lettering sheets flat, in a cool, dry place. With proper storage, sheets three years old will be as good as new.
Using the Spacematic guide
As a guide draw a pencilled line on your artwork 1/8" (3mm) below the required base line of the text and register the spacemarks exactly with the line.
1) Using the 'how to' method above, transfer the first letter and its right-hand spacemark.
2) Gently pull away backing sheet.
3) Position the second letter by butting its left-hand spacemark to the spacemark already transferred.
4) Then transfer the second letter with its right-hand spacemark.
1) Using the 'how to' method above, transfer the first letter and its right-hand spacemark.
2) Gently pull away backing sheet.
3) Position the second letter by butting its left-hand spacemark to the spacemark already transferred.
4) Then transfer the second letter with its right-hand spacemark.
Continue in this way until your word is complete. It is not necessary to transfer the left-hand spacemarks.
To remove the spacemarks use a rubber cement pick-up, a soft eraser or piece of adhesive tape.
Notes: A few letters when using the Spacematic system will overlap (e.g. TT LS). When this happens simply move the sheet slightly to the right to leave a hair line of space between the letters.
Under some lower case letters with descenders (e.g. j p y) the spacemarks are positioned lower than normal. In this case spacemarks should be aligned visually and not butted.
On some sheets containing small point sizes the two Spacematic marks are replaced by single longer spacemarks. In such cases simply transfer the whole spacemark.
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