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- Model: BK-TEXTBOOK-LETTERING-SIGN-PAINTING-1902
The full correspondence course in book form, as an instant download.
A Textbook on Lettering and Sign Painting (1902) from the International Correspondence Schools is the complete correspondence course in book form — 384 pages of lettering and sign-painting instruction, built for students learning the trade by mail. Thick, methodical, and high perceived value.
Inside this 1902 manual:
The sign painter’s trade, taught in 1902: sign painting layouts and lettering the way shop painters actually did it. Sign painters and pinstripers will find 398 pages of working method from International Correspondence Schools — 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), Elements of Lettering and Sign Painting (1899), The Sign Writer and Glass Embosser (1898).
Details:
- Complete 1902 edition scan — 384 pages
- 384-page ICS correspondence course
- Complete lettering and sign-painting curriculum
- 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
