Lesson plate No. 27.—Old English text pen, and small speed ball pen alphabets.
Lesson plate No. 28.—Speed ball pen alphabets.
Lesson plate No. 29.—Rapid single-stroke antique Roman brush alphabet.
Lesson plate No. 30.—Rapid single-stroke modified Roman brush alphabet.
Lesson plate No. 31.-Single-stroke antique alphabet and numerals.
Qualifications
Anyone who can learn to write can learn to draw or paint letters for show cards. It is not essential to have artistic ability, although this would be an asset in the trade; a steady hand and a correct eye are the only requirements, and it is well to remember that “the sight that insures correct drawing is not that of the eye only, but of the mind.”
Handicaps
Good eyesight is essential, but almost no handicap other than blindness, or the loss of both arms, is prohibitive. It is an advantage to have both hands, but the fact that one-armed men have so clearly demonstrated their ability to write as legibly as others with both hands indicates that the difficulty for a man with one hand becoming a show-card writer be overcome.