Modern lettering, artistic and practical; a thorough and practical text-book for use in schools and colleges and for the self-instruction of architects, artists, decorators and sign writers; the construction of pen and ink designs for commercial uses; advertisements, letter heads, business cards, inscriptions, memorials, resolutions, etc. (1913)
Heyny, William. [from old catalog] · New York, The William T. Comstock company · leaf 37
curve, butdo one-half or one-quarter section only, and usetracing paper to construct the rest. (See IrregularCurves, page i8; also Tracing Paper, page i8.) Another method, and one that can be employedalso on larger work, is to put in the center lines, as above, and then to use the compasses as in… … First determine the major and minor axes. Thendraw straight lines R H and H Q, making anyconvenient angle at H. With center H and radiiequal to the semi-minor and semi-major axes re-spectively, describe arcs L M and N O. Join L O 30 and draw M K and N P parallel to L O. Lay offLi^^ of LN. Join Oi…
Lettering
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
