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AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING, A FLEXIBLE TRANSPARENT SHEET OF MATERIAL CAPABLE OF BEING SEPARATED INTO PARTS OF DESIRED SIZE AND SHAPE AND HAVING AN ADHESIVE BACKING, A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS OF VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS AND OF TEXTURE CONTRASTING WITH SAID MATERIAL FORMED ON SAID SHEET WHEREBY THE SEPARATED PARTS MAY EACH CONTAIN A SINGLE CHARACTER AND THE CHARACTERS MAY BE ALIGNED IN HORIZONTAL GROUPINGS LATERALLY SPACED WITHIN THE GROUPINGS FOR CONVEYING INTELLIGENCE, AND THE PARTS MAY BE ADHERED TO A LAYOUT SURFACE ONE AFTER THE OTHER TO FORM SAID GROUPINGS, SAID SHEET HAVING A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF INDICIA THEREON, A PAIR OF SUCH INDICIA BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A VERTICALLY SPACED FROM EACH CHARACTER AND RESPECTIVELY HAVING PREDETERMINED LATERAL SPACING OUTSIDE OF THE LATERAL EDGES OF THE RESPECTIVE CHARACTERS, EACH SEPARATED PART WHICH HAS A SINGLE CHARACTER THEREON ALSO ADAPTED TO HAVE THEREON THE PAIR OF INDICIA ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SINGLE CHARACTER, THE AMOUNT OF SAID LATERAL SPACING FROM SAID RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE EDGES BEING SO RELATED TO THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION OF THE CHARACTER WITH WHICH EACH SAID PAIR OF INDICIA IS ASSOCIATED SUCH THAT THE CHARACTERS OF A GROUPING WHEN FORMED ON A LAYOUT WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPER OPTICAL SPACING BETWEEN CHARACTERS WHEN THE JUXTAPOSED INDICIA OF EACH CONTIGUOUS PAIR OF CHARACTERS OF SAID GROUPINGS HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPATIAL RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER, WITH THE SAME RELATIONSHIP EXISTING BETWEEN SIMILARLY LOCATED INDICIA OF OTHER GROUPINGS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID GROUPING, IF ANY, AND SAID SHEET HAVING GUIDE MEANS THEREON, AT LEAST A PORTION OF WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE ALSO INCLUDED WITH EACH SINGLE CHARACTER WHEN ITS PART IS SEPARATED FROM SAID SHEET, FOR ALIGNING THE CHARACTERS OF A GROUPING ALONG THE SAME HORIZONTAL LINE ON SAID LAYOUT, SAID CHARACTERS BEING ARRANGED ON SAID SHEET IN A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL ROWS WITH THE CHARACTERS IN EACH ROW ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING AN ELONGATE HORIZONTAL BAR FORMED ON THE SAID SHEET BELOW EACH ROW AND EACH BAR BEING EQUISPACED FROM THE ASSOCIATED ROW, THE INDICIA OF EACH CHARACTER BEING LOCATED ADJACENT THE SAID BAR BELOW THE SAID CHARACTER WHEREBY AFTER THE FORMATION OF A GROUPING, THE GUIDE MEANS AND INDICIA THEREOF MAY BE REMOVED FROM SAID LAYOUT SURFACE AT THE SAME TIME.