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Off-hand card writing from 1898, as an instant download.
How to Make Effective Show-Cards (1898) by August H. Reupke covers off-hand card writing and show-card design from the early days — effectiveness as a discipline, taught when the show-card trade was young. An early voice with lasting sense.
Inside this 1898 manual:
August H. Reupke (1898) assembled Roman capitals and their derivatives as a designer’s toolkit — 150 pages to trace, adapt, and letter from. For lettering artists, sign painters, engravers, and calligraphers, it is a century-old idea file that never goes stale. 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 1898 edition scan — 144 pages
- Early off-hand card writing and design
- Effectiveness as a taught discipline
- Alphabets organized for the working designer, not the historian
- Initials and capitals sized for layout and adaptation
- 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
