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 85
drawing in pencil, a Dixons Artists H pencil,No. 217 (commonly called a No. 4 Dixons Artists) may bo 1 ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. 71 used. The pencil should be sharpened to a medium point.Cut the wood away so as to leave about J or § of an inch of thelead projecting ; then finish the point by rubbing… … Tig. 104. compass lead is so secured that, when circles are struck in eitherdirection, but one line will be drawn with the same radius and center. 141. Inking-.—For drawing ink lines other than arcs ofcircles, the ruling pen (or right-line pen, as it is sometimescalled) is used. It should be held…
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