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 41
rule lines1% inches apart for the letter B and use a ruler for the longstem stroke with a number 1 pen. For the small capitals, E,L, T, S, rule two lines % inch apart, and use a No. 1% pen.The lower case letters in the next two lines are V2 inch abovethe line for all stem letters except the letter… … SHOW CARD PENS number 1% pens are % inch high. The small strokes in thecent and dollar signs should be made with a finely pointedpen. Be sure to leave plenty of white space all around yourcards, laying out everything with a soft pencil as a guide, andbe careful when the card is dry freely to use…
Lettering · Advertising cards
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