Ticket-Writing and Sign-Painting

This easy-to-follow guide is perfect for beginners wishing to learn the forgotten art of ticket-writing and sign-painting.

Featuring accompanying diagrams, this 1916 volume restores life to the once-essential craft of ticket and sign making. Providing a comprehensive overview of the tools and materials you will need, as well as instructions as to how to form the correct letters, shapes, and colour contrasts, this is an essential beginner's guide.

The contents of this volume include:
The Ticket-Writer's Tools and Materials
Using the Brush in Ticket-Writing
Roundhand, Italic, and Script Letters
Shaded Letters
Square-Point Brush and Pen Work on Tickets
Colour Contrasts in Sign-Writing
Raised Ornaments and Letters on Signs
Proudly republished by Old Hand Books, this new edition of Ticket-Writing and Sign-Painting features an introduction to the craft by Frederic W. Goudy.