The art of show card writing; a modern treatise on show card writing, designed as an educator in all branches of the art...With two hundred and fifty-six illustrations and thirty-two lettering plates, comprising all the standard ancient and modern styles (1907)
Strong, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1865- · Detroit, The Detroit school of lettering · leaf 30
Fig. 19. THE ART OF SHOW CARD WRITING the letter E (Antique Roman) and also the order in which they shouldbe drawn. The vertical stroke is No. 1 and should be executed withone stroke of the brush. The horizontal hair-lines are next in order,after which the spurs are added. The same principle of… … HAT5 Fig. 20. what extent it may be condensed and elongated. You will note thatthere is a wide difference in the proportions of the letters constitutingthese two examples, and that the effect is equally good in either case. EGYPTIAN. The Egyptian alphabet, as you have learned, is almostan exact…
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