Construction of letters


This page is from a 1912 publication called The Essentials of Lettering, by Thomas E. French and Robert Meiklejohn and shows how to create classical Roman letters like those seen on the Trajan column.

The letterforms of the Roman period are considered by many to be among the finest of all roman letters and are the basis of the capital letters we use today.

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