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 30
Preparing White. BOY first-grade clear gum-arabic, filling a bottle half withgum and cold water. In a couple of days you will havea clear mucilage to use as a size or binder, which willprevent the white from rubbing off unless it is moistened.You should mix your paint on a marble or slate slab or… … For lettering large characters first outline them with asmall brush with the white, and to fill in use a soft widebrush, which should be liberally loaded with as much coloras it will hold, going over the spaces only once, so that itdries out smoothly and no background will show through. If you have…
Lettering · Advertising cards
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