One Hundred Loose Leaf Lessons in Lettering with Pen and Brush (1920) — Digital Download

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.

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
• 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