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 37
of the letter is the first thing to be accomplished,after which add the spurs or other peculiarities, which, as a rule, do not affectthe proportion. Before beginning the brush exercises illustrated in Fig. 24,commit to memory the following rules: (1) Do not work with the point of the brush. Use the… … BBUSH MANIPULATION (2) Always begin the formation of a letter by fiist exe-cuting the vertical strokes. (3) The spurs are what give the letter character and tiinshand should therefore be executed last. (•4) A moderately Iapid, steady stroke is more desirableand will insure better results than a…
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