The art of lettering and sign painter’s manual : a complete and practical illustration of the art of sign writing / by A. P. Boyce PDF
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~^y^^f(^K^ Digitized by the Internet Archive 2011 with funding from in LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/artofletteringsiOOboyc 1 BOYCE S /irf 0] LAeilenrjq arjd Oiqo penrjler s /'Wrjuerl, $3.50 BOYCE S Fresco err)<a lo/ecora1 \J<z Ucsiems, 3.50 BOYCE S ^larjual o| Urrjeirrjenl and fc^eirjrjer aini^p. 3.50 BOYCE S tiOlleclior) o| Urr)arr)cr)ls. fuool^ I )o. 1, BOYCE S Lollccliar) o] Urnarrjerjls, [uook. Do. 2. I'OSTAGK PAID ON RKCKIPT OF PRICK. BOYCE, A. P. No. 31 CORNHILL, BOSTON, MASS. Sold by Booksellers and Paint and Artists' Material Dealers throughout the United States and anada. ( 3R§f > « -cm- f<* THE ART OF LETTERING, AND mn ll HI ffl A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE ART OF SIGN WRITING. By BOYCE, .A.. IP. AUTHOR OS1 "THE MODERN OENAMENTKR AND INTERIOR DECORATOR," Sco., &o. FOURTH EDITION. BOSTON: WILLIAMS AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS A. 1878. mM Kntervil,nivonlmgtoActofCougress,intheyear1S71,by A.I*. Boyck,intlicOfficeoftheLibrarianofCongress,atWashington, D.C. CHARACTER "AND." M A R] J, Spur. E F N, Thickness. 1R5 NE GT JT, SPmaQl,l Lcaurrvgee ocrurgvrea.ce lines. BD CR JS KT, LSprQe,adHaoirf-tlihnee.grace. TThhee ctihricclkeneisssabiosuatltiwttol-ethmiorrdes otfhatnhetwhoe-ingihntt.hs of the height. The greatest width about equal the height. The thickness, E P, is two-ninths of the height. The width, E N G P, is seven-eighths of the height. The Roman character & is a modification of the Latin The thickness, M N P, is a little greater than E F G II, on word el. The left-hand side was the e, which it very much account of the curved lines, which cause the thickness to appear less resembles now ; the right-hand side was the t, and although & than it really is. it little resembles that letter at present, the character of The hair-line, S T, is a little ahove the centre. one hundred or two hundred years ago had quite a perfect t. The distance, B C, is a little less, and J K a little more than one- The present character is much prettier than the old-fashioned half of C D. one, which can be seen hy comparing the present letter with The lower grace, G J, is slightly longer than the upper grace, B E the Antique or Old Style. 3 ABODE GH lm:n
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