Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . ouldlike to see your efforts with this brush, but only when you feelthat you are doing fairly well or if you desire advice eventhough your work is faulty and irregular. We can utilize our knowledge to good advantage by at onceconstructing cards which are needed for the season. No matter what size your card may be you must allow am-ple empty space on all sides. The simplest construction forcard No. 1 is to form the panels first by ruling green lines onthe white card. In each corner paint your le
Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen . ouldlike to see your efforts with this brush, but only when you feelthat you are doing fairly well or if you desire advice eventhough your work is faulty and irregular. We can utilize our knowledge to good advantage by at onceconstructing cards which are needed for the season. No matter what size your card may be you must allow am-ple empty space on all sides. The simplest construction forcard No. 1 is to form the panels first by ruling green lines onthe white card. In each corner paint your leaves, which youmake with two strokes of your brush, first taking dark greenfor one side of each leaf, then adding enough yellow to yourcolor to make it a light green for the other half. Now takesome red paint and make three small dots between each twoleaves and we have the holly effect. The letters C and P arewritten in red and the others in black. A more elaborate effectfor the same device is to cut the panels of gold or tinted paperand paste it on the card. Then rule lines around the panels in. FXIKCHILD ( Wide, Flat Brush Lower Case Letters Do not use much pressure on your brush. Many writers holdthese brushes as though they were writing back-handed witha pen. Follow the arrows; begin the letter a by resting the en-tire brush slanting sideways downward, so that the upper edge ofthe point is stationed at the extreme upper edge of the letter,then finish your stroke as per arrow. When you begin the sec- contrasting color. Make all the lettering black or dark green. Most people are puzzled during the holiday season in know-ing just what to purchase for the boys or men; cards likeNos. 2 and 3 often promote the sale of many goods and arehelpful in offering suggestions to customers. Rule two lines with your pencil to indicate the height of 16 FAIKCHILDS RAPID LETTEEEE 17 your amall letters for the top line in card No. 2 and rule oneperpendicular line so that the initials of all
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