Letraset

Letraset is a company from Ashford, which is the world in the field fonts, image processing and graphic design (Digital Design) worked. Particularly is this name by one of its products: the rub-off letters.

Rub-off letters

Under the company and brand names Letraset rub-off letters were, especially before today's proliferation of computers sold. This set up in the 1980s, is a professional in graphic designers, engineering offices and layout designers through to kindergarten Bastelstube popular way to raise neat-looking fonts on surfaces. Operating on a transparent foil letters are not glued using ordinary adhesive, but individually wiped with a pen from the film to the underlying medium. This makes them very durable, act very professionally after a short exercise, and one has to fear no adhesive stains. In addition to letters in different fonts and sizes and sheets with graphic elements are available.

Today Letraset is still available, but has clearly lost its popularity over the ink-jet and laser printers. What remains is the use of non-printable media: signs, vehicle lettering smaller, for example, if no cutting plotter is available for a professional vinyl lettering.

One of the most established of Letraset fonts is the Compacta (font ) from the year 1963.

Today's range of products

Letraset produces, among other markers, envelopes, stickers and T -shirts.

In addition, the company files for fonts on their website for download. These are protected by copyright and charge normally. The fonts are installed on a PC, they are usually recognizable by the LET identifier in their name.