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The art of show card writing; a modern treatise covering all branches of the art ... with one hundred and fifty-three illustrations and thirty-two lettering plates, comprising all the standard ancient and modern styles (1922)

Strong, Charles J. (Charles Jay), 1865-, Strong, Lawrence J., joint author · Chicago, Frederick J. Drake & company · leaf 104

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FiPT fiS the letter itself. Our object is to get a good elfect without unneessarywork. If you will refer to Pig. 68 you will notice that tlie shade betweenthe letters il and A is disconnected. This .shade was made with a flat brushwith one stroke. To join it would necessitate several strokes for it… … .f1 Vig. 69 be ssaiy, on account of the narrow spaee between the lower extremitiseof the letters to use the point instead of the side of the brush. Such libertiesare legitimate, and, if not carried to extremes, tend to give a piece of workthat dashy appearance to which I have previously referred.…

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