Free-Hand Lettering Being a Treatise on Plain Lettering from the Practical Standpoint for Use in Engineering Schools and Colleges

This is not merely a copybook giving samples of useful and effective lettering. The author believes that good lettering is not a question of careful copying, but rather one of good design; and in order to do good work beyond the merely imitative, certain fundamental truths must be recognized. A brief history is given of the Roman and Gothic letters. Each letter is analyzed, and it is shown how certain variations strengthen or weaken it. The proper method of spacing is explained, and instruction given in the use of free-hand lettering. A chapter on design of lines and of totals shows how the best can be obtained.
Special classes of lettering, such as for photographic reproduction, are described, and some mechanical aids to lettering are given. A set of twenty-three full-page plates gives samples of various styles of lettering suitable for a variety of purposes. The book will be not only valuable, but interesting to all who are called upon to do any lettering.