Elements of lettering ... A treatise on the history, classification, and practical application of the various styles of letters of the alphabet (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer company · leaf 69
oth tacks,and tie the ends togetherat the point farthest fromthe vertical on the hori-zontal line; place lead pencilinside and follow around,and we have a perfect ellipseas a result, as shown inFig. 75. By moving the tacks farther away from the verticalline, the ellipse is elongated, if the same… … 5Q ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. §1 arcs, with compass from a to b ; from the points c, describeupper and lower lines from a to a and b to b. 119. Another simple form
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