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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

References:
- VR art deco lettering
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: VR art deco lettering
  - From: "Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au>
- Re: VR art deco lettering
  - From: Roderick Smith <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
- Re: VR art deco lettering
  - From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>

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