Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc.]

So, I need some help folks. Something which seems simple enough but which my searches on the forum came up empty for & which I haven't found an effective method for, personally.

Duplicating inscriptions in books used as props.
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Basically, since I can't really print the duplicated inscriptions on the interior of the book(s), (the Shawshank bible is the one in particular that I'm currently working on but the Walt Whitman poetry is next on the list after that), I'd like to know what suggestions other folks have or what methods they might have used. I've considered carbon paper or a light box, (the light box in particular wouldn't be effective with the Bible as the inscription page is backed by a black, textured paper), but haven't come up with somethin' that just WORKS to this point.

Anyway, I'd love to hear what input others have.

Thanks in advance for any help or assistance!

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

No thoughts, eh?

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

lharles said:

No thoughts, eh?

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Help...please?

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

I am not sure if this will work for you but my suggestion would be to use a whole sheet sticker paper, print on it and then stick it on the cover.

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

If you're going REALLY low tech, you could print off the inscription on a separate sheet of paper and trace it so you make an very light indentation on the appropriate page. Then go back and write over the indentation in the correct color pen. It would be like using carbon paper without the mess.

Otherwise, you could experiment with a projector to shine the writing onto the page... or find similar paper and print everything on it and rebind the book...

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

Or just practice imitating the handwriting until you think you have it.

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

Yeah, that too, of course. I practiced the "Grail Diary" handwriting for so long that it became my default handwriting; I can still see it in my "r" and "m" letters...

Re: Help w/ duplicating inscriptions ["Breaking Bad", "The Shawshank Redemption", etc

PurpleDiamond said:

I am not sure if this will work for you but my suggestion would be to use a whole sheet sticker paper, print on it and then stick it on the cover.

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Not a terrible idea, by any means. I'd be tentative about that one due to the fact that I cannot accurately place an adhesive backed object any other way than crooked, first pass.

Thanks for the input. Sincerely.

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Serenity said:

If you're going REALLY low tech, you could print off the inscription on a separate sheet of paper and trace it so you make an very light indentation on the appropriate page. Then go back and write over the indentation in the correct color pen. It would be like using carbon paper without the mess.

Otherwise, you could experiment with a projector to shine the writing onto the page... or find similar paper and print everything on it and rebind the book...

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Good idea. I might test this out on a couple surfaces first, but it's not something I'd taken into consideration before...

Thanks very much for the input!

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kurtyboy said:

Or just practice imitating the handwriting until you think you have it.

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I could certainly try that, I suppose. {Based on the number of wonderfully accurate paper props you've produced, Kurty, I suspect this is a process very familiar to you? I'd be lucky to have as steady a hand as you, I suspect. }

Considering my previous attempts at handwriting duplication for props...I don't know that I'd be very good at it, even AFTER practice. I'll give it a go though...

...and thank you for the input. Much appreciated.