A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts ; with nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings (1888)
Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : C. Lockwood & Son · leaf 198
the manner shown in the figure, viz., by con-sidering it as a V supported by two perpendiculars—the upper points of the v starting from the middle of thetop of each perpendicular. In order to obtain the properthickness for the two oblique lines, however, the breadthof the top of the letter must be… … A B I C Fig. 10. The A is precisely similar to the v inverted, andwith the addition of a horizontal member, which shouldbe rather thinner than the other two. The Y is as it were a v supported on a single stem.In forming this letter, the difficulty is the proportionwhich the open part holds in…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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