• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    My grandma was a sign and letter painter back in the day. She made a good living doing it up until about the 80s or 90s. It’s one of those professions that just sort of faded into nonexistence.

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      It was replaced by computers and wide format printers. Some of the larger shops retooled and no longer needed dozens of sign painters, since a computer/printer could be operated by one person, while shops that couldn’t afford the new tech eventually closed.