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About this book

Two years after the 7th edition, the Speedball Text Book returned — revised, refreshed, and still by Ross F. George and William Hugh Gordon. The 1925 8th Edition of Modern Pen Lettering carries the classic Speedball method into the mid-1920s with updated alphabets and layouts reflecting the trade's latest taste.

What distinguishes the 8th edition is its moment: the Speedball method fully established, the pens in every card writer's kit, and George and Gordon refining rather than inventing. The alphabets show the confident, streamlined lettering of the mid-1920s; the show-card and advertising layouts demonstrate the method applied at its mature best. For the student, it is the same clear, practical teaching; for the historian, it is a dated snapshot of lettering style in 1925.

For hand letterers and pen enthusiasts, the 8th edition is every bit as usable as its siblings — the broad-nib alphabets and composition lessons transfer directly to modern tools. Collectors of the Speedball sequence prize the successive editions for what changed between them: comparing the 7th and 8th is a masterclass in how commercial lettering evolved in just two years.

Whether you letter, collect, or study the trade's history, the 1925 8th Edition earns its place beside the 7th on your shelf. The classic, revised.

Details: 6×9" hardcover (case laminate), black and white interior, cream paper.

⚠️ Please read before ordering — about print quality

This is a print-on-demand reprint of a scanned historical document. The pages were scanned from an original 1925 printing, and the print quality of your book reflects the condition of that original scan.

What that means in plain terms: you may see faded text, uneven inking, age spots, show-through from the back of pages, and other imperfections that were in the 1925 original or introduced by the scanning process. These are preserved as-is — they are not printing defects, and they are not something we can fix.

We are not responsible for the condition of the original source material. If you want a pristine modern typeset book, this isn't it. If you want the actual 1925 book with all its character intact, you're in the right place.

Printed on demand by IngramSpark. One copy at a time — no inventory, no waste.