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Elementary Alphabets (Calligraphy)

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Speedball Elementary Alphabets Twenty-four-page book covering the basic alphabets, drafting alphabet and manuscript, by Ross F. George. It is a bestselling beginner’s textbook prepared to introduce pen lettering in a more simplified way.

The book suits grade school pupils, advanced commercial art and drafting students. The book offers lessons in Roman, Gothic, Manuscript and Text styles for Roman Gothic alphabets, uniform line drawings, borders, and display posters.

Item #: 03066

Description:  Elementary Alphabets (Calligraphy)

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A century of fine pen-making began in 1899 when the C. Howard Hunt Pen Company opened in Camden, New Jersey. A group of English tool makers founded the company that manufactured and distributed steel pens to a fast-growing nation.

What helped to put the company on the map was an association that they formed in 1913 with two master letterers, Ross F. George and William Hugh Gordon, who contrived and perfected the Speedball Nib.

In the early days of the twentieth century, lettering signs, show cards and movie titles were laborious and time-consuming due to the only available tools – small brushes and fine pens.

Letters need to be outlined and then filled in. Ross F. George, a frustrated young letterer with his own ship, The System Service Company of Seattle, looked for a method to improve the speed of his work. His search led him to develop a nib with a reservoir, which he worked on perfecting with famed letterer William Hugh Gordon. It was nicknamed “Speedball” because of the speed of the pen, which reportedly cut time working in half.

The first pen points they produced were the square ”A” style nibs, followed closely by the rounded “B” nibs, and not long after, by the broad-edged “C” style and oval “D” style nibs.

Over the years, the Hunt Company grew with the production of lettering, artists’ and mapping pens, and succeeded in capturing and keeping a significant market share. The name “Speedball” became synonymous with lettering pens.

In 1958, the Hunt Pen Company opened a new manufacturing plant in Statesville, North Carolina, where the pens are still manufactured today.

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