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A hundred lessons from the Speedball co-developer, as an instant download.
One Hundred Loose Leaf Lessons in Lettering with Pen and Brush (1920) by William Hugh Gordon — co-developer of the Speed-Ball pen — teaches trade lettering with both pen AND brush across a hundred progressive lessons. The bridge between pen lettering and sign-painter’s brush work, from a master of both.
Inside this 1920 textbook:
William Hugh Gordon's 1920 course walks through alphabet construction and letter spacing with the plate-by-plate patience of a classroom text — 110 pages of it. For lettering artists, sign painters, and show card writers, it is the closest thing to apprenticing with a 1920s lettering man. Lettering students still copy these plates stroke for stroke; the spacing lessons alone repay the price.
Complete your shelf: See also Speedball Text Book: Modern Pen Lettering, 8th Edition (1925), Speedball Text Book: Modern Pen Lettering, 7th Edition (1923), Speedball 10th Edition Textbook (1927).
Details:
- Complete 1920 edition scan — 108 pages
- 100 progressive lessons with pen and brush
- By the Speedball co-developer William Hugh Gordon
- Pen-lettering drills arranged as a working course, not a picture book
- Built-up and one-stroke letterforms for commercial work
- Built-up Roman and Gothic hands for commercial jobs
- 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
