The art of lettering and sign painter’s manual : a complete and practical illustration of the art of sign writing / by A. P. Boyce
A trade manual for sign writers by Allen P. Boyce, published in Boston by A. Williams and Co. in 1878, teaching alphabet construction and shop lettering to working painters. The plates give single display capitals built up in wood-engraved line: block and slab serifs with cast shadows, ruled hatching for bevels and stipple shading, usable as drop-cap art or dimensional letterform reference.
