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- Model: BK-DAVIDS-PRACTICAL-LETTERER-1903
Commercial lettering instruction, as an instant download.
Davids’ Practical Letterer (1903), compiled by Sidney Hackes, is straight commercial lettering instruction — the working letterer’s handbook of alphabets and methods for the trade. Practical from first page to last.
Inside this 1903 pattern-book:
A pattern-book of letterforms: ornamental alphabets and initials collected for working craftsmen, not scholars. Lettering artists, sign painters, engravers, and calligraphers laying out signs, engravings, or illuminated work will find 118 pages of 1903 inspiration in Sidney Hackes (comp.’s plates. Trace the plates at full size, then adapt the capitals to your own layouts — that is what they were drawn for.
Complete your shelf: See also The Zanerian Manual of Alphabets and Engrossing (1918), Alphabets Old and New (1906), The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient & Modern (1860).
Details:
- Complete 1903 edition scan — 108 pages
- Commercial lettering handbook for the trade
- Working alphabets and methods
- Plates drawn at working scale — trace, adapt, and letter from them
- Ornamental, Roman, and medieval hands in one reference
- Initials and borders for illuminated and decorative work
- Two files included: the original scan, cleaned of dust, stray marks, and handwritten notes, and a cleaned white-background edition that's easy on the eyes and the printer
- PDF format, instant download after purchase — no physical book ships
