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 70
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 … Fig. 76. meeting at the point b ; fromfrom a to a, top and bot-tom, and the resultingfigure will be an approxi-mate ellipse. The ellipseis sometimes spoken of asan oval. This word, how-ever, is a misnomer, as theoval derives its name fromthe Latin ovum, meaningan egg, and its shapeis the outline of…
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