Old Lettering resources online

[Ralf Herrmann]

In addition to the type specimen links collection topic, I start another one which deals with lettering. Feel free to add links you know of. 

 

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The Art of Lettering, 1878
https://archive.org/details/artofletteringsi00boyc

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Die Schriften des Malers (The sign painter’s alphabets), 1950s. 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ralf_herrmann/sets/72157640225427703/

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The Sign Writer And Glass Embosser, 1898
http://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF030685/00001

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L’ornamentazione (1923)
by Vendrame, G.
https://archive.org/details/lornamentazione00venduoft

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Lettering for commercial purposes (1918)
by Gordon, William Hugh
https://archive.org/details/letteringforcomm00gordrich

 

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Letters & lettering; a treatise with 200 examples (1902)
by Brown, Frank Chouteau
https://archive.org/details/lettersletteringa00brow

[Ralf Herrmann]

The scans need to be purchased, but that is still a pretty impressive collection and worth mentioning here:

https://www.letteringlibrary.com/shop/

[Adrien Burnet]

On 6/20/2016 at 9:06 PM, Ralf Herrmann said:

The scans need to be purchased, but that is still a pretty impressive collection and worth mentioning here:

https://www.letteringlibrary.com/shop/

just bought the big collection if some are interested.