EXAMPLES OF PANELS AND FANCY CARDS.
These indexes, which may be used in connection with any style letter, will be found valuable. The hand should be outlined before the letter is made. There is a general similarity in all the letters, and once you have mastered drawing the hand you can easily apply it to any shaped letter. It is intended to be used as an initial letter, an example being its connection with the words, “We point with pride,” etc., at the end of the series. In the same illustration is an example of a simply made but very attractive border.
RIGHT AND LEFT INDEXES.
In this cut may be seen plain index fingers, pointing to right and left. Also several small ornaments that will be useful for decorations and are not too difficult for the beginner to master.
FANCY CARDS.
The making of a fancy card is not as difficult as one would think.
The difficulty lies in the layout. If you can lay out and color a card artistically, the lettering (no matter how poorly executed) will be offset by the artistic arrangement. On the contrary, if these good and bad qualities should be reversed, the good effect would be entirely lost. You will note a reproduction of the card reading, “Early Spring Blossoms,” from which a fair copy can be made. Of course in print the card loses half its artistic value, from the fact that the colors cannot be shown. Spring puts one in mind of dainty blossoms, consequently let your colorings be in harmony, and the wording breezy and new.
