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- Model: BK-HARDWARE-SHOW-CARD-WRITING-1913
Cards for hardware stores, as an instant download.
Hardware Show Card Writing (1913) by Albert Edwin Hurst and Clarence Joseph Nowak is the niche specialist — show cards written for hardware stores, with the trade language and layouts that sell tools and goods. A fun, specific audience done properly.
Inside this 1913 instructor:
The 1913 show card man earned his living with speed and consistency, and this book trains both: brush handling for card work drilled until the hand obeys. Show card writers, retail advertisers, and sign painters will recognize letterforms still in use on retail signage today. Card writers kept books like this at the counter, lettering real tickets between lessons.
Complete your shelf: See also The Art of Show Card Writing (1922 ed.) (1922), The Art of Show Card Writing (1907 ed.) (1907), A Textbook on Show-Card Writing (1903).
Details:
- Complete 1913 edition scan — 222 pages
- Show cards for hardware stores
- Trade-specific layouts and language
- Alphabets and layouts sized for real card work — tickets, sale cards, window displays
- One-stroke brush technique drilled the trade-school way
- Brush control exercises from the trade schools
- 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
