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 206
& is a very troublesome form—for we cannot call it a letter—which, either when standing aloneor in combination with c in &c., isgradually falling into desuetude: ^i^-the word ^and^ or *^etc.^ being far preferable,and occupy little, if, indeed, any more space. To estab-lish a rule for the… … CHAPTER XXYII. METHOD OF STUDY. Having thus given a few hints as to the proportionsand general formation of letters, we next proceed toadvise the student as to a more extended system ofpractice, and for this purpose a black board must beprovided. This may be bought ready made at thehouses which…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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