Penman's Art Journal . way to make his work show up with thebest effect. The beginner always has to pencil outhis work more in detail than the one whohas had a great deal ot practice. Somekinds of lettering and designing requiremore detail iu the pencil sketch thanothers. Offhand lettering, such as Ger-man text, Old English, Ruund haud, etc.,is usually done without any particularpencil sketching; merely locating the wordsin pencil is all that is needed after one hasbecome accustomed^^making the letters. It is supposed that those who follow these instructionshave already attained to some con
Penman's Art Journal . way to make his work show up with thebest effect. The beginner always has to pencil outhis work more in detail than the one whohas had a great deal ot practice. Somekinds of lettering and designing requiremore detail iu the pencil sketch thanothers. Offhand lettering, such as Ger-man text, Old English, Ruund haud, etc.,is usually done without any particularpencil sketching; merely locating the wordsin pencil is all that is needed after one hasbecome accustomed^^making the letters. It is supposed that those who follow these instructionshave already attained to some considerable degree offacility with the pen, that they are at least fairly goodwriters and have a fair conception of the forms of a fewstyles of letters that may be called standard—Old Eng-lish, German Text, Plain Roman and Plain Gothic let-tering. 1 give here only a line or two of each. Theyhave been published over and over in The Journal andare to be found iu nearly every penmanship Guide, Copy Slips, Compendium, It 5ets the Pace. In the course of an enthusiastic letter touching ournew writing instruction feature a friend sounds thewarning. Now just watch them tumble over them-selves to follow your lead in 300 Pen Lessons. Well, let them. There is a good deal of fun in doingthese things first. The Journal has cut out the pacefor many years, and means to keep it up. By the time itsesteemed contemporaries get on to its curves in oneparticular and arrive at a certain point, The Journalis away up in front ! The Public School department or the FenmnnVArt .loiirnfll, iucliidiug: all features devoted to verti-cal H riling, has been transferred to the Xews Edition,leaving our new writing-instruction feature, 300Pen Copies, free scope in tlie Regular who have subscribed for The Journal for itsPublic School features (including vertical writing)may have their subs, transferred for the remainderof their time to the News Edition without cost. Apostal reqnest is sutTicient
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