SellaTheChemistDoes anyone remember Letraset, the scratch and print sheets that could be used to apply professional lettering to sheets of paper? They were part of the pain of writing a scientific thesis before the arrival of the Macintosh and the democratization of (admittedly often second-rate) graphic design.
anyway it's some pre-Christmas #ClassicKit
Michael Katzmann🐈@sellathechemist Reminds me of how I used to layout printed circuit boards. There was 'Bishop Graphic' tape and shapes (for say transistor pads and ICs). This was put onto Mylar and photographically reduced in size for the photo mask. For dual sided boards you used red and blue translucence tape so that filters could separate them for the two masks.
I don't miss those days ... KiCAD is a dream!
I don't miss those days ... KiCAD is a dream!
Solar🌄Garden@vk2bea @sellathechemist ...and of course circuit symbols for drawing-up your publication-quality circuit diagrams; the challenge then being to get your pen-lines, on graphic film, so neat you couldn't tell what was drawn and what was transferred. Disappointed to find there are no circuit-diagram component emojis!
I do miss all that. Leafing through racks of the stuff in graphic design shops and hooting at finding a great new font or symbol sheet... oh, and starting even as a child, with the technique, basic small sheets in the stationers shop or free inside magazines....
Stumpy The Mutt@wavesculptor @vk2bea @sellathechemist I still love the way Heathkit used to draw their schematics. Clean, uncluttered and very easy to follow.