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 221
Fig. 21. into a moderate space, and the sans-serif letter is betteradapted than any other for this purpose, being, as itwere, self-contained, that is, having no serifs or pro-jecting ends to take up space. The above is not by anymeans the narrowest letter of the kind, but will serveas an indication… … Fig. 22. Fig. 22 shows the character given in Fig. 21 in aligliter form, and is perhaps one of the most elegant OF VARIOUS KINDS OF LETTERS. 195 letters of the kind. It may be used plain, or with theaddition of thickness and shading. In Fig. 23 we give the Roman character, the mostelegant of all…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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