A clean general lettering course, as an instant download.

Lettering (1916) by Thomas Wood Stevens is the general lettering course with clean instructional plates — alphabet construction and lettering practice presented plainly for students and working craftsmen. A solid all-rounder.

Inside this 1916 treasury:

Letterforms with history: this 1916 volume gathers medieval and illuminated letterforms, drawn at a scale you can work from. Lettering artists, sign painters, engravers, and calligraphers after period-correct Roman, medieval, or ornamental capitals start here.

Details:

• Complete 1916 edition scan — 130 pages
• General lettering course with clean plates
• Alphabet construction for students and craftsmen
• Plates drawn at working scale — trace, adapt, and letter from them
• Ornamental, Roman, and medieval hands in one reference
• 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