Description
From dustjacket: Lettering in recent years has become one the most remunerative fields of work for artists. There is a wide and constantly growing demand for artistic lettering wherever letters are used, in modern business, in advertising, in window signs, in book and magazine covers, in type faces, and in many other ways. "Practical Alphabets" sets forth clearly the principles of lettering. It is a simple and practical guide that leads the beginner by easy steps to a knowledge and mastery of this important branch of art. The contents include chapters on Skeleton Letters, Proportions and Constructions of the Letters of the Roman Alphabet, Pen-Made Letters, Black Letters, French Ronde and Similarly Pen-Made Letters, Mediæval Letters, Variations of the Roman Alphabet, and Block Letters.