"Type & Lettering"?

Can we see some photos?

parker - funny!

Hildebrant - Sure! I'll post them on my site in a day or so & then post the URL here.

Parker, I actually have something very similar to this description (but with a red cover) that is called "Type & Lettering"? ;-)

Kyle, Here are some images.

Parker, this was a guide for folks who who paint signs or freehand letters for advertising.

Hmmm, I just graduated from Pratt and took some type classes. Never was this book mentioned. You'd think the school would mention something this historical wouldn't you? Too bad I never got to see it until now.

I've got a few plates from this set, too. I think the value depends on what you expect to learn. Not quite as useful as an old Speedball handbook, but certainly a start if you want to soak up some style from the past...

Hey Peter, I think there are have been some threads recently asking for blackletter advice...looks like you're here just in time. :)

It didn't seem like it was SUCH a great teaching tool. but then I could have been missing something.

Peter, Where would go to get a nice old Speedball handbook?

> Too bad I never got to see it until now.

They have probably forgotten about it altogether. It is ancient!

Not quite as useful as an old Speedball handbook, but certainly a start if you want to soak up some style from the past…

John Langdon just gave me a 20th edition of the Speedball lettering guide from the 60's, it's quite useful!

Does it have an ISBN number?

The current Speedball Textbook is available from art and calligraphy suppliers like johnnealbooks.com and dickblick.com.

Um, I feel bound to remind folks not to digitize someone else's work without permission, developing your own handlettering skilz will be far more valuable in the long run.

posting and running as usual...

Does it have an ISBN number?

My book does not sorry, look where peter suggested. Good luck!!

lovely stuff.

I stumbled upon an original copy of edward johnstons guide to lettering and calligraphy (can't remember the actual name!) a year back. always a treat to discover stuff.

Do you mean Edward Johnston's Writing and Illuminating and Lettering? That is a great book!

> original copy of Edward Johnston's Writing and Illuminating and Lettering (with diagrams and illustrations by the author and Noel Rooke).

Yes, a great book and an essential manual for calligraphers. I picked up my copy just after college. First published in 1906 by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd. My version is the 1969 reprint by Pitman Publishing Corp., New York.

Another Pitman book I've used is Roman Lettering by L.C. Evetts (original printing 1938, my version reprint 1960). It has a long subtitle -- "A Study of the Letters of the Inscription at the Base of the Trajan Column, with an Outline of the History of Lettering in Britain."

My personal favorite is just a tiny little book:
A Book of Scripts, by Alfred Fairbank. Originally published in 1949 by The King Penguin Books, my version revised and reprinted 1960. This was our textbook used in Paul Standard's calligraphy class at The Cooper Union.

yes that's it dan :) I am a boob