Choosing gray for the lettering was such a good idea and so far Kate is the only one who thought of it. It's a very good idea to go with this stamp. Kate was on a Neuland binge for a while. A recent blog post had her February envelope - red Neuland with white highlights. Notice how her O is not droopy. Kate and I have had some discussion about the ways to make an S in Neuland. This one starts out fine. The top curve is perfect. Then the middle part gets a little narrow. You can solve this by twisting the nib a tiny bit, to make sure the full width of the nib is sliding to the right. It goes a little further than it needs to. The lower curve does not need to extend past the top right hand corner. She ends in the right place. The S is often tricky.
Kate gets high marks for little block printing. I do not have a single complaint on the letters. The d is stellar. If I have to find one thing - it's going to be the top stroke on the 5 that bursts out of its allotted space. And maybe that very first 4 is reaching over to tickle the 2.
The way she did the address is fine - and works for our be kind to the post office plan.
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