De Wild, John H · Minneapolis : Northwest Commercial Bulletin and Hardware Trade · leaf 6
rush occasionally by dipping that only four letters are given for the firstlesson. The reason for this is that the a,e, o and s are the most difficult tomake—and also that these four letters com-pose the dlflacult strokes that enter into thecomposition of most of the other letters,with the addition… … Fig. 5 Begin practicing the letter a. Make thestrokes as indicated by the numbered ar-rows in Fig. 3. Hold yovir brush straight infront of the body—and make the first strokeslightly sideways so that the chisel edgeof the brush will form the light line, andgradually increase in width as you…
