J & L Randall Ltd was a British toy manufacturer, based in Potters Bar , which was in Middlesex until 1965 and then in Hertfordshire . The company flourished in the 1950s and 1960s and placed regular advertisements in Meccano Magazine . It was one of the main competitors to Mamod for models of stationary steam engines.
19-620: SEL may refer to: Signalling Equipment Ltd, a trading name used by the British toy manufacturer J & L Randall Finnish Food Workers' Union , a trade union in Finland Left Ecology Freedom ( Sinistra Ecologia Libertà ), Italian political party Selkirkshire , historic county in Scotland, Chapman code Single-event latchup Social and Emotional Learning ,
38-483: A 1998 anime series Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , a trio of music composers from India Language [ edit ] Self-learning of English Language SEL: Studies in English Literature , an academic journal Skolta Esperanto Ligo , an Esperanto Scouting association Technology [ edit ] Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories , a worldwide power systems company Search Engine Land ,
57-530: A management buyout headed up by Martin Gibbs and Michael Travers. Eventually sold to ColArt in 2012. Seeing a decline in the sales of its materials in the early 1990s, Letraset moved into the desktop publishing industry, releasing software packages such as ImageStudio and ColorStudio for the Macintosh . These never saw widespread success. However, as Letraset held the rights to their fonts that had been popular on
76-531: A pedagogy focusing on the study and application of Emotional intelligence (EI) Social Enterprise London Swedish Elite League, the English unofficial name of the Elitserien ice hockey league Système d'Échange Local, a French Local Exchange Trading System Art [ edit ] Sensory Ethnography Lab , a filmmaking and anthropology center at Harvard University Serial Experiments Lain ,
95-486: A website covering search engine related news Security-Enhanced Linux ( SELinux ) is a Linux kernel security module that provides a mechanism for supporting access control security policies, including mandatory access controls (MAC). Standard Elektrik Lorenz , a German electronics firm Station of Extreme Light , a Chinese laser laboratory. Systems Engineering Laboratories , an early computer manufacturer specializing in realtime systems System Event Log,
114-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages J %26 L Randall The company used two trading names: In 1978 the company was bought by Letraset for 12.5 million pounds. The company no longer exists but some of the products, especially the steam engines have become collectors' items . The company made a wide range of toys under both brand names. The catalogue contained hundreds of items at their peak. Nowadays, they are best known for
133-462: Is still sold from its website, separated into fonts from Fontek and Red Rooster. Software includes Manga Studio EX and Envelopes, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator . Letraset is the maker of the refillable Tria markers, formerly Pantone Tria markers, which have a three-nib design and 200 colours. Additionally, Letraset offers three lines of dual-tipped markers, the alcohol-based ProMarker and FlexMarker lines, each with 148 mostly different colours and
152-422: The do-it-yourself value of this movement by allowing punks to create designs independent from printers and publishers. In common usage, the name Letraset originally referred to sheets of transfer lettering that were originally manufactured as a wet process in 1959, with each character selected and cut from a sheet, placed face-down on a small silk screen frame and wetted with a paint brush to soften and release
171-443: The gum arabic adhesive which held it. The frame was then turned over and the letter located over the artwork, and the character pressed into contact with the page, with the mounting base slid away as with model aircraft transfers. Later, in 1961, the process was simplified, and a dry transferable lettering system was developed. The range of available typefaces expanded, incorporating both classic and contemporary type designs of
190-673: The 1970s and 1980s. Letraset Letraset was a company known mainly for manufacturing sheets of typefaces and other artwork elements using the dry-transfer lettering method. Letraset was acquired by the Colart group and became part of its subsidiary Winsor & Newton . Letraset was founded in London , England, in 1959, with the launch of the Letraset Type Lettering System. In 1961, Letraset came out with their dry transfer lettering system, which pioneered
209-514: The SEL range, especially the steam engines, dynamotor and student's microscopes. The steam engine range consisted of four stationary engines , and a steam engine unit for model boats. The stationary engines were the Minor, Junior, Standard and Major. The major could also be bought complete with a set of miniature workshop tools. When the steam engine line was brought to an end in 1965, remaining stocks of
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#1732780103181228-528: The dry transfer sheets, it made sense to enter the digital font market (see, for example, Charlotte Sans ). Letraset thus began releasing many fonts in formats such as PostScript . Fonts from designers including Martin Wait , Tim Donaldson, and David Quay were released, and many can be found on online retailers such as FontShop. Some fonts retain "Letraset" in their title, whereas others have been renamed by their new vendors, among them ITC . A selection of fonts
247-527: The fourth was a dc only permanent magnet type which could have been used as a dynamo. There was also a range of mains voltage ac/dc motors which could not, by any means, be considered toys. There were several models of microscope, all similar in design but differing in size. They were simple but well made instruments with sturdy cast alloy frames. They were supplied in a wooden or cardboard box complete with several glass slides, tweezers and instruction leaflet. "Merit" brand chemistry sets were produced through
266-403: The model boat engine were bought up by Mamod and used for their ME3 "marine engine" . The SEL "Dynamotor" was a simple two-pole, permanent magnet , machine which could be run as a motor (using 4-6 volts from a dry battery ) or used as a dynamo . There were also four low voltage motors described in the catalogue just as motors. Three of these were ac/dc so could not be used as dynamos but
285-551: The name for a server system logger used by a variety of servers Transportation [ edit ] Mercedes-Benz SEL , an automobile model The former IATA Airport code for Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, Korea (Currently GMP) Southern Evacuation Lifeline , a proposed limited-access highway in Horry County , South Carolina See also [ edit ] Sel (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
304-476: The period. Letraset sheets were used extensively by professional and amateur graphic designers , architects and artists in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As a result of its relative affordability, and because of its ease of use, it also came to be used by printers , design studios and advertising agencies . In the late 1980s, Letraset started to be replaced by desktop publishing . Today, Letraset sheets are traded on eBay and elsewhere, and sometimes used so that
323-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SEL . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SEL&oldid=1146864494 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
342-454: The technique. Starting in 1964, Letraset also applied the dry rub-down transfer technique to create a children's game called Action Transfers , which would later develop into Kalkitos (marketed by Gillette ), and many other series of transferable figures that were very popular up to the 1980s. Letraset was acquired by the Swedish stationery company Esselte until 2000, when it was sold to
361-687: The water-based AquaMarkers with 60 colours. Letraset was based in Le Mans, France , having previously been based in Ashford, Kent , until being acquired in June 2012 by the Colart group and becoming part of its subsidiary Winsor & Newton. The dry rub-down transfer technique was used by the punk movement because of its ease of manipulation, its low price and the quality of the rendered layout. Letraset's ease of use and widespread availability aligned with
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