Booklet - Lettering Book, Halstead Press Pty Ltd, The Australian Lettering Book, 1945

Historical information

Author Herbert Newell. Alphabets of varied fonts, headings, flourishes, plans, numerals, sketch maps, scrolls, shading, common errors, compass points. Especially designed for use in Australian Schools, offices of Lawyers, Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Engravers, and Draughtsmen. Table of contents

Significance

The author is a teacher of show card and ticket writing at Sydney Technical College. Book used by many students and offices. Note by the publishers provides standards for the correct form of the characters.

Physical description

Light brown light card cover with black ink font and border patterns. 32 Cream pages with black ink. Two staples.

Inscriptions & markings

Hand written name on top of outline black border S. R Coleston. Price 3/9

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