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 77
THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. 7R imperceptible — and the eye is deceived as it is when look- ing at the letterS, which is much larger in its lower circle than the upper one — (see fright, and^ wrong side up). The corners are cut off at an angle a very little less than the width of the… … Fig. 24. — Showing how the Corners are Cut off Extended Letters. give variety, but it is not so neat a letter as the octagon. In all respects this letter is the same as the octagon except in the formation of the corners. The Half Block letter is next in order. This letter is sim- ply the " gothic"…
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