Student's Alphabets (1907) — Digital Download

The drafting company’s alphabet booklet, as an instant download.

Student’s Alphabets (c1907) from the Keuffel & Esser Co. is the drafting-supply company’s own alphabet booklet — the K&E standard letterforms issued to students and draftsmen. Drafting-room precision applied to lettering.

Inside this 1907 treasury:

Letterforms with history: this 1907 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 1907 edition scan — 28 pages
• K&E drafting-company alphabet booklet
• Standard letterforms for students
• 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

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