An edition of Presenting the speed-ball pen and designs produced with this "wizard of lettercraft" (1915)

Presenting the speed-ball pen

With alphabets, drawings and designs produced with this "wizard of lettercraft"

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An edition of Presenting the speed-ball pen and designs produced with this "wizard of lettercraft" (1915)

Presenting the speed-ball pen

With alphabets, drawings and designs produced with this "wizard of lettercraft"

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A 41-page pamphlet introducing the new "speed-ball" pen, which will interest anyone who's ever created fonts or played with lettering. I'm including some text excerpts, but the charm of this book is in its graphics.

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Wn., Gordon & George
Language
English
Pages
40

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Subjects
Lettering, Alphabets. [from old catalog]
Times
1915

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Cover of: Presenting the speed-ball pen
Presenting the speed-ball pen: With alphabets, drawings and designs produced with this "wizard of lettercraft"
1915, Wn., Gordon & George
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Seattle

Edition Notes

Other Titles
Speed-ball pen.

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Library of Congress
TT360 .G6

The Physical Object

Pagination
40 p.
Number of pages
40

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24158864M
Internet Archive
presentingspeedb00gord
LCCN
15017960

Excerpts

You may be an amateur
(you) may be an expert
(you) must know, or will learn. This
--the more work you can do,
--the better you can do it,
--the quicker you can do it,
the greater will be your compensation.
TRY THE Speed-ball BROAD-STROKE LETTERING PENS.
added by Katharine Hadow.
The marking point of the "speed-ball" pen is a perfectly square, flat shoe and when held at right angles with the paper it produces a square dot, "THUS" and when stroke is continued, in any direction, it is of even thickness throughout, the flow of ink or color being Automatically Controlled.
Page 21, added by Katharine Hadow. "In these days of felt-tip markers, remind yourself what a revolutionary product the Speed-ball was at the time, and admire the elegant fonts and borders it enabled."
With ordinary use, a "Speed Ball" pen can be used for months, but it is not a shovel, so do not dig it into the surface.
Page 40, added by Katharine Hadow.

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