De Wild, John H · Minneapolis : Northwest Commercial Bulletin and Hardware Trade · leaf 15
Take the second capital A for instance.The curve indicated by the strokes num-bered 1 and 2 is more easily made by liftingthe pen at the bottom of the line, and thenagain coming downward in stroke 2, than … were you to attempt the complete line bymoving the pen upward, toward the left.Downward strokes are the best, and youshould practice with this idea In mind. In forming a more complete curve like thesecond capital J the main stroke, and thecircle or curve require three strokes, andthe pen is lifted…
