The art of lettering and sign painter's manual : a complete and practical illustration of the art of sign writing (1878)
Boyce, Allen P · Boston [Mass.] : A. Williams and Co. · leaf 60
FANCY GRADED SHADE LETTERS. … The above letters may be worked up with any colors to suit the taste. The shades of the I and : are peal Seg of meee a ue aoe of the Egyptian S is that usually adopted with burnish gilt letters on glass. The outline of the a is puuaih gilt, wee is filled in mu aD a lant 2 or ea e different tints.…