A complete reference archive on the art and practice of lettering & monograms, with 62 vintage books on a single DVD. These books are published as early as the 1800s to the mid 1900s. Uncover the early history of lettering - how it is constructed and executed for decorative and commercial works.
Topics cover lettering in illumination, penmanship, ciphers, calligraphy, show-card writing, free-hand letters, ornamental alphabets, and much more!
Also included in this archive are examples of lettering in use, monogram & cipher designs, and alphabets of all styles and type.
Take a look at the sample pages taken from just some of these books in the collection.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering (1917) - 520 Pages
Lettering in Ornament: An Enquiry into Decorative Use of Lettering, Past, Present, and Possible (1902) - 246 Pages
Studio Handbook, Lettering, Over 250 Pages, Lettering, Design and Layouts, New Alphabets (1960) - 294 Pages
Chapter on Lettering (1906) - 36 Pages
A Textbook on Show-Card Writing (1903) - 358 Pages
A Few Suggestions on Plain Letterings for Artists and Others (1908) - 40 Pages
A New Book of Cyphers (1906) - 214 Pages
A System of Easy Lettering (1912) - 76 Pages
A Text-Book of Free-Hand Lettering (1909) - 104 Pages
A Text-Book on Plain Lettering (1901) - 190 Pages
Alphabets Old & New, for the Use of Craftsmen (1898) - 298 Pages
Ames' Alphabets (1884) - 102 Pages
Davids' Practical Letterer; Instructions in Commercial Lettering with Brush or Pen (1903) - 108 Pages
Draughtsman's Alphabets A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets (1877) - 78 Pages
Elements of Lettering and Sign Painting (1899) - 162 Pages
Fairchild's Rapid Letterer and Show-Card Maker, Commercial Alphabet Construction with Brush or Pen (1910) - 108 Pages
Fine Hand Embroidery: Monograms (1914) - 74 Pages
Free-Hand Lettering Being a Treatise on Plain Lettering from the Practical Standpoint for use in Engineering Schools and Colleges (1906) - 188 Pages
Hand Lettering (1912) - 20 Pages
How to Make Effective Show-Cards, Off Hand Card Writing and Pen Lettering by a New and Simple Method with Fifty-Six Original Cuts (1898) - 144 Pages
Lettering (1916) - 128 Pages
Lettering For Beginners (1902) - 36 Pages
Linear Drawing and Lettering for Beginners (1901) - 66 Pages
Lettering for Commercial Purposes (1918) - 182 Pages
Lettering for Draftsmen, Engineers and Students: A Practical System of Freehand Lettering for Working Drawings (1897) - 72 Pages
Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1902) - 244 Pages
Marks and Monograms of Early English and Continental Engravers (1816) - 42 Pages
Modern Lettering Artistic and Practical (1913) - 160 Pages
Modern Show Card Lettering, Designs and Advertising Phases (1906) - 114 Pages
Monograms & Ciphers (1906) - 302 Pages
One Hundred Alphabets for the Show Card Writer (1919) - 56 Pages
Pantographia; Containing Accurate Copies of All the Known Alphabets in the World (1799) - 372 Pages
Presenting the Speed-Ball Pen: With Alphabets, Drawings and Designs Produced With This Wizard of Lettercraft (1915) - 46 Pages
Standard Lettering (1916) - 56 Pages
Student's Alphabets (1907) - 28 Pages
The American Sign Writer (1877) - 60 Pages
The Art of Show Card Writing: A Modern Treatise Covering All Branches of Art (1922) - 256 Pages
The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Medieval From the Eight Century: With Numerals, Including Gothic, Church Text, Large and Small, German Arabesque, Initials for Illumination, Monograms, Crosses (1859) - 124 Pages
The Embroiders Book of Design, Containing Initials, Emblems, Cyphers, Monograms, Ornamental Borders, Ecclesiastical Devices, Medieval and Modern Alphabets (1914) - 124 Pages
The Essentials of Lettering: A Manual for Students and Designers (1912) - 110 Pages
The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices (1856) - 166 Pages
The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets (1906) - 218 Pages
The Theory and Practice of Lettering (1908) - 92 Pages
A Primer of the Art of Illumination for the Use of Beginners; with a Rudimentary Treatise on the Art, Practical Directions for its Exercise, and Examples Taken from Illuminated Missal (1874) - 118 Pages
Guide to the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting (1861) - 114 Pages
A Practical Treatise on the Art of Illuminating: with Examples, Chromographed in Fac-Simile and in Outline, of the Styles Prevailing at Different Peroids, from the Sixth century to the Present Time (1873) - 82 Pages
A Companion to Manual of Illumination: Containing Borders, Capitals, Texts, and Detail Finishings (1884) - 154 Pages
Illuminated Manuscripts with Twenty-One Illustrations (1920) - 354 Pages
Illuminated Manuscripts in Classical and Mediaeval Times, Their Art and Their Technique (1892) - 310 Pages
A Handbook of the Art of Illumination as Practiced During the Middle Ages (1866) - 154 Pages
Straight Line Alphabet for Lettering in the Grades (1916) - 29 Pages
A Roman Alphabet and How to Use It (1917) - 46 Pages
Manuscript & Inscription Letters for Schools & Classes & for the Use of Craftsmen (1909) - 32 Pages
One Hundred Loose Leaf Lessons in Lettering with pen and Brush (1920) - 108 Pages
Daily's Showcard Writing System, Complete in Thirty-Four Lessons (1921) - 100 Pages
How to Make Show Cards; A Practical Treatise for the use of Retail Merchants and Their Clerks (1916) - 140 Pages
A Course in Mechanical Drawing (1898) - 228 Pages
How to Write Show Cards (1921) - 52 Pages
The Practical Show Card Writer (1905) - 10 Pages
Sign and Show Card Writing (1899) - 86 Pages
Strong's Book of Designs; A Masterpiece of Modern Ornamental Art (1917) - 192 Pages
The Elements of Sosho (1913) - 396 Pages