Glass Arcade advert Letraset artwork
In the days before computers, if you wanted lettering that wasn’t hand done or typed, your only options were a type-setting bureau – who’d charge around £45 for a block like this – or Letraset. And if you wanted neat lines for your rub-down letters, your only options were a ruler and 9H pencil… and sellotape to peel off any letters that didn’t go down right or cracked. I remember sitting in the Upper Belgrave Road flat Letrasetting this wearing fingerless gloves; these were also the days before heating.