Apparatus for use in spacing letters

In apparatus for providing a spaced legend on a receptor surface, the legend being built up from indicia sequentially transferred from a dry transfer sheet provided with horizontal lines of indicia, the apparatus including a support base adapted to support a receptor, and a holder cooperating with the support base for holding a dry transfer sheet, and enabling the sheet to be moved bodily in the plane of the sheet both along the lines of indicia and transverse thereto, the holder consisting essentially of a first portion to be held in fixed position relative to the support base, and a second portion including means for attaching said dry transfer sheet to said second portion and connected to said first portion by means enabling said first and second portions to be moved relative to one another in the direction of said longitudinal lines of indicia by a small distance amount, the improvement comprising connecting said first and second portions together via a lost motion connection whereby the dry transfer sheet held in said second portion can be freely moved horizontally in the direction of the lines of indicia relative to a receptor held supported on the base by said small distance amount.