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- Model: BK-FAUST-S-75-NEW-1912
75 alphabets made for sign painters, as an instant download.
Faust’s 75 New Alphabets (1912) by Charles Ayers Faust delivers exactly what the title promises — 75 alphabets “for brush, air brush, air pencil,” drawn specifically for the working sign painter. A working reference, not a parlor book.
Inside this 1912 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 90 pages of 1912 inspiration in Charles Ayers Faust’s plates. Keep it open on the drawing board; a century of craftsmen did exactly that.
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 1912 edition scan — 88 pages
- 75 alphabets for brush, air brush, and air pencil
- Drawn for working sign painters
- Plates drawn at working scale — trace, adapt, and letter from them
- Ornamental, Roman, and medieval hands in one reference
- Historic hands with notes on their proper use
- 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
