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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS Office of the Supervisor of Project Training Washington SIGNS AND MARKERS In accord with the purpose of this Project Training Series, this book is not offered as a thorough treatise, nor by any reckoning a statement of policy for the Department. This entire series is restricted to the essentials for a beginning in any one of the occupations covered, and any excursions into theory, design, or policy are included advisedly to give a broader view of the subject than might be had by one who has seen only the handwork or physical labor required* We wish to acknowledge with much appreciation: Permission to make liberal use of both text and illustrations from "Sign Writing" by T.G. Birtles, cordially granted by the publisher, Studio Publications, Inc., 381 Fourth Avenue, New York; also, Permission to use any material from "Topographical Drawing Notes", granted by both the publisher, Department of Civil Engineering, Michigan College of Mines, and the author, George P. Schubert, Superintendent, Copper Range Company at Houghton, Michigan; also, The assistance of American Type Founders in finding suitable alphabet designs, and their permission to draw freely from the Book of American Types. The help of the British Forest Products Research Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, at Aylesbury, Bucks County, England, in finding the three formulas for artificially weathering wood. Prepared for, and with the cooperation of, the Technical Services* January 1938
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS Office of the Supervisor of Project Training Washington SIGNS AND MARKERS In accord with the purpose of this Project Training Series, this book is not offered as a thorough treatise, nor by any reckoning a statement of policy for the Department. This entire series is restricted to the essentials for a beginning in any one of the occupations covered, and any excursions into theory, design, or policy are included advisedly to give a broader view of the subject than might be had by one who has seen only the handwork or physical labor required* We wish to acknowledge with much appreciation: Permission to make liberal use of both text and illustrations from "Sign Writing" by T.G. Birtles, cordially granted by the publisher, Studio Publications, Inc., 381 Fourth Avenue, New York; also, Permission to use any material from "Topographical Drawing Notes", granted by both the publisher, Department of Civil Engineering, Michigan College of Mines, and the author, George P. Schubert, Superintendent, Copper Range Company at Houghton, Michigan; also, The assistance of American Type Founders in finding suitable alphabet designs, and their permission to draw freely from the Book of American Types. The help of the British Forest Products Research Laboratory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, at Aylesbury, Bucks County, England, in finding the three formulas for artificially weathering wood. Prepared for, and with the cooperation of, the Technical Services* January 1938