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- Model: BK-KEY-PRACTICAL-SIGN-WRITING-1903
The short sign-writing key, as an instant download.
A Key to Practical Sign Writing (1903) by Asa Dana Lester is the short key to the trade — practical sign-writing method in compact form for the quick study. Small book, working content.
Inside this 1903 manual:
The sign painter’s trade, taught in 1903: sign painting layouts and lettering the way shop painters actually did it. Sign painters and pinstripers will find 36 pages of working method from Asa Dana Lester — layouts, letterforms, and finishes. Sign painters mined books like this for alphabets no longer taught anywhere else.
Complete your shelf: See also The Art of Lettering and Sign Painter's Manual (1878), A Textbook on Lettering and Sign Painting (1902), Elements of Lettering and Sign Painting (1899).
Details:
- Complete 1903 edition scan — 32 pages
- Compact practical method
- The quick-study key to sign writing
- Layouts, letterforms, and finishes from the working trade
- Period sign techniques: gold leaf, pictorials, and decorative work
- Backgrounds, borders, and pictorial touches
- 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
