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 33
pid execution. This style has only one objectionable feature; viz., it is somewhat clumsyin appearance. This is due to the uniform width of the body and theabsence of artistic characteristics. It is the very plainest style known to theletterer, and this is a point in its favor, for legibility is… … Modern Italic (Upper Case).—The capital letters of the Italic Script areso nearly like thi)Ke of the Antique Roman as to need no extended explanation.As you have been told, slanted letters may be executed much quicker thanthe upright letters. This is a strong point in favor of this alphabet.…
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