View allAll Photos Tagged Lettering
Public Domain: Studio handbook lettering over 250 pages, lettering, design and layouts, new alphabets
Gill, E., An Essay on Typography (2nd ed.). London: Sheed & Ward, 1936.
Figure 19: 1,5,9,13,17, and 21, normal forms; the remainder shows various exaggerations; 8 is a common form of vulgarity; 10 & 11 are common misconceptions; 22 and 24 are copies of figures actually seen in advertisements.
from Wm. Hugh Gordon, "modernized Methods in the Art & Practice of Lettering for Commercial Purposes", 1918.
Freemason’s Hall detail of lettering on door fanlight. Lettering
Conservation Awards – Nomination 1978
Dating from the late 1950s or early 1960s, according to the rest of this collection, an eloquent, but harsh sign very much of the times. This Collection was donated by Dr Steeds.
In 1939 Dr Roger Steeds, general practitioner joined the three Staddon brothers who were in practice at 6 Silent Street. Just before the war, the building was threatened with demolition because of road widening. The practice moved to 18 Silent Street. It was said to be a purpose built building with three consulting rooms, dispensary, reception area and waiting room and caretaker’s flat. However, the building was wrecked by a bomb during the war but re-erected in 1946. After the war as each of the Staddon brothers retired, they were replaced in turn by Dr Roy Webb, Dr Sheila Hines and Dr Bunt Drabble. Dr Steeds retired In 1966.