These three layout suggestions will give the student confidence and the knowledge gained from practicing will make other layout work much easier.
During the intermission between lessons, possibly covering several days, the student should lay out and letter in other showcards from original copy or from copy suggestions secured through observing the showcards in large stores, or from the advertisements in the newspapers.
Master the alphabet and practice.
Success follows persistent trying.
Perfected Speed Ball Alphabet—Layouts
Plates used by permission of Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co., St. Louis.