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One hundred loose leaf lessons in lettering with pen and brush; Gordon system, adapting the familiar music staff as an aid to correct alignment and construction of letters, introducing a series of alphabets for show card writing and commercial art work (1920)

Gordon, William Hugh · [Cincinnati] The Signs of the times pub. co. · leaf 73

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Primarily the Roman letters consisted of cap-itals only. The small letters came into general useafter the art of printing was invented. Prior to thattime small Roman letters were w^ritten w^ith broad chisel pointed reeds or pens of the stub variety. Theprinciple of accent w^as imposed on the… … o o ^ ^ aDcaeiffnii Ki m

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