Ah yes, Letraset! That really takes me back, I got a job with a small print/publishing firm in my home town, and the Letraset catalogue was one of the most used publications we had, along with the Mecanorma catalogue, which had some different fonts/type styles which would occasionally come in handy.
The company had a primitive photo typesetting system, made by Addressograph-Multigraph, but the range of fonts were limited, and there were no display fonts, so Letraset was essential. Helped develop a good eye for kerning as well.
Anyone remember PMT’s? Photomechanical transfers?
Absolutely essential with Letraset, if you found you were short a few characters, you could do multiple PMT’s of what was available, then carefully cut out the needed characters and stick them in place with Cow Gum or a hot wax machine. Or Spraymount, but that could get very messy!
So could Cow Gum, a favourite trick was to carefully slice through the paper label, and stick it back on upside down, then take the lid off and quickly invert the tin, and put the lid on the bottom, which is now on the top.
Then wait for some hapless soul to pick up the tin… 
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