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- Model: BK-STANDARD-LETTERING-1922
The short standard-lettering manual, as an instant download.
Standard Lettering (1922) by Roy C. Claflin is the short, no-nonsense manual of standard lettering practice — the essential alphabets and proportions every sign man was expected to know, in compact form. Quick to study, quick to use.
Inside this 1922 manual:
Roy C. Claflin (1922) assembled Roman capitals and their derivatives as a designer’s toolkit — 58 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. 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 1922 edition scan — 56 pages
- Compact standard-lettering practice
- Essential alphabets and proportions
- Alphabets organized for the working designer, not the historian
- Initials and capitals sized for layout and adaptation
- 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
