The Rev. Elbert Simpkins Prair House and Healing Church, a sign which made me glad to be wearing a seatbelt. The technique of squeezing letters together for appearance or "to fit" is known as kerning. The practice of reversing letters is known as, well...writing backwards. Children who write like this often worry their parents, but the youngsters usually figure things out and dyslexia seldom results. Da Vinci wrote letters backwards in his notebooks to protect secrets. I could not find a software program which reverses letters at random for you (which would be known as digital illiteracy) but there are plenty of folks asking how to do it in forums. This two- sided sign graced a small church in Mississippi. I doubt the Reverend is still keeping hours, but you could try the number.
Original 35 mm photographs, c. 1992 Collection Jim Linderman
This is incredible. What a sign.... beautiful! The treasures that await us in your 35mm slide collection must be awesome.... Thanks for getting these images out into the world.
ReplyDeleteThanks much! I have a shoebox full, but there is time a'plenty. I hoped to do a book of the church signs but other projects are in line first, and I suffer from lethargy, lassitude and lingering.
ReplyDeleteWe want this sign for our collection. It's amazing!
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