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Title: Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Hackes, Sidney, (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: Lettering Advertising cards. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, Chicago, Fairchild company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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u simply move your entire forearm side-ways, free from any rest. In this way you learn two distinctmovements. nil J7/7/ Copies F and G are duplications of copies A and B shownhere, wit hthe pointed curve addition at the top. Every partof your brush, chisel flat point, must touch the paper. Restthe point a short distance from your top line, move your fin-gers a little distance, slanting upward; now, just before theoutside edge of your brush touches the top line, glide yourbrush sideways and then downward. At first your curves willbe too large, but you will soon catch on to the curves. K This stroke is the same as shown -^ -^ ^ -^^ in Fig. F, but, instead of quickly lift- )■ ■ I I ing your brush when you reach the bot- /l ^ ^ ^ torn line, you glide your brush a tiny bit to the right and just a trifle up-ward, the moment the lower part of the brush point seemsabout to touch the bottom line. This makes the stem line forthe lower case b, d, h, i, k, 1, m, n, p, q, r, t, u, v, w, and y.
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CLC L This is ttie reverse curve strolce, J^ ^ ^ M ^ wltlch old masters termed tlie line ofB I I ■ ■ beauty. When it is used in larger let-IV V I P V ters, in long, graduated slant, it is in-^ ^ W ^ ^ deed a beautiful line. Practice this bothstraight and slanting downward to the left, and as soon asthe bottom end of your brush touches the line, raise up yourhand. Later on you will merely raise the brush. Remember,again, every part of the point of your brush must be flat, onthe paper all the time. This stroke is used in certain formsof the letters d, f, g. j, w and y in lower case series. ^ This is the outward—down and up stroke used in the formation ofthe lower case letters a, c, d, e, o, gand q. Begin at the top. holding the brushat first with the slightest touch, as if you intended to writethe reverse stroke. Pig. L; slide your hand sideways down-ward (do not move fingers), swinging to the left and circle tothe right upwards, being sure to keep your brush flat, in thesame posi

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