![]() ![]() S2387 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON SHOPPING WW2 POSTER FUNNY METAL ADVERTISING WALL SIGN. ![]() This image shows that I need to make some adjustments to the tympan as I am not getting an even impression across the whole card – the centre is less imprinted than the edges. Metal Tin Sign Keep Calm and Carry On,Retro Metal Sign Printing Poster Bar Restaurant Cafe Wall Decoration Plaque 8x12 Inch. The cards had already been printed with the postcard block some time ago (I need to print some more now in case the mood takes me again!) and some were heavily impressed like the one shown above, but I think that adds to the overall quality. Using a ‘straight-from-the-tin magenta, each card received its crown to complete the postcards. Using the smaller Adana HS1 I set up a little crown block that I’ve used a couple of times before. ![]() Taking my theme directly from the recent poster trend featuring the WW2 slogan ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ I set up an alternative using 48pt Gill Sans for the main line and followed this with a 12pt Gill Italic in a very light grey.Īnd once printed on the Adana 5×3, hung overnight to dry…Ī closer inspection showed that I had got a good ‘bite’ and that the small text held up good and sharp. There is nothing quite like a bit of Gill Sans to get the creative juices going is there? I decided to have a dig around my metal type to see what I hadn’t used before and see if anything presented itself. KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. The impulse to print came upon me this week. Keep Calm and Carry On was the wartime (WW2) UK Government’s poster, set to be distributed throughout the UK in the event of a Nazi invasion. ![]()
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