Ames Lettering Guide
name: label: maker
content: Alvin and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This clear plastic metric lettering guide consists of a frame holding a disc with columns of holes and spacing settings.
label: Description
content: The guide is designed to slide back and forth on a straight edge to create parallel lines. The disc is rotated to the desired spacing for guide lines by aligning the space setting with the height setting mark at the bottom of the frame. The sides of the guide are used for drawing vertical and inclined lines.
label: Description
content: It is used to put precisely-spaced lines on a drawing to assist with lettering. This guide was manufactured by Alvin and Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Single Drawing Instruments
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harold Dorwin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0069.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0069
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0069.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lettering guide
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 10 cm x 6 cm; 5/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 2 3/8 in