MCT
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Hey, just wondering if anybody has ever had their font replated with either brass or chrome?
I picked up a font on ebay for a decent price but the gold plating is pretty worn.
I'm just wondering if it's worthwhile trying to get it replated. Anybody got any idea what it would cost? Or is it just cheaper to buy a new font.
Also, and this is a long shot, I just finished replacing all the lines in the font. While doing so I had one of the compression nuts that pushes the collet up against the bulkhead to seal, shatter into a million pieces while tightening. Anybody got any old spares they want to sell? I will try Andale but they are notoriously pricey and I don't know if they stock these, I don't think the new fonts have these. The font I have is pretty old.
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I picked up a font on ebay for a decent price but the gold plating is pretty worn.
I'm just wondering if it's worthwhile trying to get it replated. Anybody got any idea what it would cost? Or is it just cheaper to buy a new font.
Also, and this is a long shot, I just finished replacing all the lines in the font. While doing so I had one of the compression nuts that pushes the collet up against the bulkhead to seal, shatter into a million pieces while tightening. Anybody got any old spares they want to sell? I will try Andale but they are notoriously pricey and I don't know if they stock these, I don't think the new fonts have these. The font I have is pretty old.
I'll take a photo in a sec.
What I'm looking for:
What happened to it: