Letraset

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Acrylic and letraset on wood panel.24x36"This work explores Letraset, sheets of dry transfer typeface made popular in the 1960s and 1970s attributed to affordability, availability and do-it-yourself ease of use. It was prolific among small publishing operations that had little means of production. Early LGBTQ+ publications made great use of Letraset in absence of more sophisticated layout technologies. Exploration of the use of Letraset among earliest members of The Body Politic in Toronto, and its role in producing one of the first gay publications of its time inspired this painting if some of the earliest landmarks associated with production, overlaid with the transfers themselves. Show more