How to Make Effective Show-Cards (1898) — Digital Download

Off-hand card writing from 1898, as an instant download.

How to Make Effective Show-Cards (1898) by August H. Reupke covers off-hand card writing and show-card design from the early days — effectiveness as a discipline, taught when the show-card trade was young. An early voice with lasting sense.

Inside this 1898 manual:

August H. Reupke (1898) assembled Roman capitals and their derivatives as a designer’s toolkit — 150 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.

Details:

• Complete 1898 edition scan — 144 pages
• Early off-hand card writing and design
• Effectiveness as a taught discipline
• Alphabets organized for the working designer, not the historian
• Initials and capitals sized for layout and adaptation
• 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

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