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| During the early '20s to late '40s, books on showcard writing and hand lettering were fairly common. Unfortunately, the demand for hand lettering has lessened and finding good basic tutorials is difficult.
The images in this section are from a 1942 book by C.R. Havighorst called Simplified Show Card Writing. |
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Part 1: Basic Strokes | Part 2: Basic Alphabet | Part 3: Italics
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| Basics of Italic and Script Lettering Strokes Once you have mastered the basic strokes needed in basic gothic lettering, the strokes needed for italics and script lettering will be much easier to learn. |
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| Instead of twisting the brush, as executed when making basic gothic lettering, the chiseled tip of the brush is maintained a close to a 45 degree angle. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The strokes shown in the two plates above cover most of the ones you will need for italic and script letterstyles. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 C.R. Havighorst lettered this nice show card using a bouncy script of the times. Italics and scripts share many of the same characteristics and strokes. |
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Part 1: Basic Strokes | Part 2: Basic Alphabet | Part 3: Italics
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| This page compiled by Mike Jackson, Jackson Hole, WY |
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