Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . ed about one-half inchon each side, but it must not be run all the way down, asyour line should be made to join into the V-shaped cut-out. Another method for carrying out the same idea so thatit will cost about one-third the price is to use one strip of pa-per, then paste on a solid oval or circle, diamond shape orsquare of some contrasting color. Run edge lines around thepanels in gold or yellow and put in your lettering any colordesired. Gilt Molding With Paper Signs. FOR a panel sign to be p
Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . ed about one-half inchon each side, but it must not be run all the way down, asyour line should be made to join into the V-shaped cut-out. Another method for carrying out the same idea so thatit will cost about one-third the price is to use one strip of pa-per, then paste on a solid oval or circle, diamond shape orsquare of some contrasting color. Run edge lines around thepanels in gold or yellow and put in your lettering any colordesired. Gilt Molding With Paper Signs. FOR a panel sign to be placed temporarily against the sidewall in a window or on the wall in any part of the store,a sign whose background is of green cartridge paper (whichcomes 30 inches wide) can have its outer edge framed withnarrow half-inch, half-round gold molding. You must mitrethe corners neatly and fasten down by using a few round,thin brads. By cutting any fancy panel of contrasting color—white, red, yellow, etc.—and running an edge line around ityou can make your sign 6 feet high to cost about $ 13. SECOND LESSON IN FLAT STROKE LETTERING. Jr you have properly practiced the first lesson, you shouldquickly he able to form all of the chaiacters here illus-(rated. Let me caution you from the outset not to be tooslow. Be bold, follow the strokes in the order of which thearrows are numbered, write fairly rapidly, taking care to touchthe brush lightly at the thin parts, where they are joined,and you will soon surprise yourself with what you can accom-plish. For your first trial take a wider brush than is shownin the lines of the copy. Rule your paper in rows IVi incheshigh, each row having three horizontal spaces, which will be5-12 of an inch high, leaving a space of one inch between eachrow, so that your work will not crowd. downward curved stroke, on the upper right-hand ends oftheir curved centers. This stroke is made after the letteris completed. When you have followed these instruct
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