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Re: The Unofficial LEGO Advanced Building Techniques Guide
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lugnet.build.schleim
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Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:29:16 GMT
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In lugnet.build.schleim, Jason J Railton wrote:
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Other schleimers might like to take a look at the split 2/3 plate SNOT on the
front of the brown carriage. See my article here:
http://www.brickish.org/bi/bi9.pdf
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Let me correct that: http://www.brickish.org/bi/bi9.pdf
The technique uses two plates on one side
of a brick, and three plates on the other.
Here are my 4-stud-vertical fonts, including all the alternatives that were cut
from the Brick Issue
#3 article. I’ve added numbers too:
I’ve provided the thin type, with some alternative character renderings. These
let you do rounder or thinner characters, depending on your preferred style and
available space.
Below them are my thicker characters, mostly made by adding 1x4 plates. These
give clearer text and often let you join one side of the SNOT lettering on a
truck through to the other side with a 4x4 or 4x6 plate.
Compare the thin and thick text styles on these two wagons:
Also, don’t think I’m cheating by adding a line to the font sample on the ‘E’
and ‘3’ characters. If you use 1x1 plates at the top (instead of a vertical 1x2
plate), the seam can enhance how readable the character is (again, see the dark
red wagon above).
If you go up a directory from the font, you’ll also see a ridiculously
complicated ‘K’ and ‘R’ design using the half-plate thickness of a 1x2-1x4
bracket. Honestly, it’s not worth going this far...
Jason R
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