Instructions on modern show writing; practical instructions on show card writing with the brush and pen--covering all the modern methods in the elementary rudiments of this art (1913)
Bissell, J. G · New York city, The J. G. Bissell company · leaf 24
ch is by no means the same posi-tion that you would hold a brush—butshould be held on a slant, as illustratedin Fig. 11. The pen should be kept onan angle of 45 degrees throughout thealphabet, as these letters are all designedfor one position of the pen,. Fig. 13 [ do not at this time know of any… … 134 56Z89 Fig. 15 Figs. 13 and 14 are fairly good examples of the neat appearance of these letters. This style is intended only to be used for wordingwhich does not require featuring. For large cards, these letters look much better in connection with feature words or bold designs. Youprobably will…
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