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Re: VR art deco lettering
- Subject: Re: VR art deco lettering
- From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:37:11 GMT
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James Brook (ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> AFAIK "Sleeping" and "VR" also appeared in art deco. (I may be wrong)
> Was "Mini Buffet" on the MBS cars in art deco or just the plain sans
> serif font?
IIRC, the MBS would have come after art deco was abandoned on broad gauge.
Art deco was applied to all blue cars for a short time. This probably
included Taggerty, Kiewa and Moyne, although I've never seen any photos of
them at this time.
Cheers
David