The essentials of lettering; a manual for students and designers (1912)
French, Thomas Ewing, 1871-1944, Meiklejohn, Robert · New York [etc.] : McGraw-Hill book company · leaf 64
with a sharppenknife or narrow blade surgeons scalpel and anink holder of annealed watch spring bent and in-serted as in Fig. 72. English or Japanese reeds are themost satisfactory, although those from India are thickerand harder. Quill pens made from the wing feathers of turkey or goose are… … Fig. 73.—Position for Gothic Writing. throughout, whatever the direction of the stroke.The first practice should be the drawing of the ele-ments in Fig. 74. When these are mastered letter-ing in Gothic will be found to be easy and interest- 54 Letters in Design ing. Select a pen as large as No. i…
Lettering · Alphabet · Monograms
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