The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors (1895)
Schriber, Fritz · New York : M.T. Richardson · leaf 75
et bold and attractive, for the words he puts upon a wagon are to be read as the vehicle is in motion, while he who wishes to decipher a sign may pause in his walk to do so. Therefore, fine lines, as in some of the Roman letters, and all fancifully-twisted arabesques, called letters, are out of… … Fig. 21. — Octagon Frill Block Letters. The Full Block letter partakes much of the character ol the Roman letter. It is bold, or "heavy on the face," and when well made is by far the handsomest one on the list. This style of letter never looks well condensed, but it may be extended to an almost…
Carriage and wagon painting
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