Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen (1910)
Hackes, Sidney, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Chicago, Fairchild company · leaf 24
ith gold bronze,bhading these cards is not necessary, although it enhancestheir beauty but takes more time. A good effect on thesetwo designs would be to shade the words overcoat and suit, ingold. Most show-card writers use water-gold or gold Let-terine, which is also a water-color mixture. I… … Put the bronze in a heavy coffee cup. Pour in your mucilagegradually and mix it thoroughly, using a six-inch round stickwith one end whittled round. It takes a lot of good mixingto make a good water-gold. The stick grinds it against theBide of the cup, and when it is about like a thick syrup youcan…
Lettering · Advertising cards
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