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Vere Henry Louis Foster
In the early part of the 20th century, British calligrapher Vere Foster (1819-1900) designed a set of figurative initials for one of his calligraphy workbooks. These were turned into a font simply called Foster Figurative Initials by David Nalle in 2016. Vere Foster called it Comic Alphabet in his book. Foster was also active as a penman. In the UK in the 1940s, children were taught the Vere Foster Civil Service Script which was a simplified form of copperplate (roundhand). It was written with a straight pen fitted with a moderately flexible dip nib. That script was promoted in Vere Foster's New Civil Service Copy Book Series (ca. 1919, Blackie and Son, London), about 50 books in total. PDF file of Vere Foster's Copy Books Lettering, Plain and Ornamental (ca. 1900). Local PDF file for that same book. |
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file name: David Nalle Foster Figurative Initials 2016 based on Vere Foster
file name: David Nalle Foster Figurative Initials 2016 based on Vere Foster
file name: Vere Foster Church Text
file name: Vere Foster Comic Alphabet
file name: Vere Foster Engrossing Exercise
file name: Vere Foster French Capitals
file name: Vere Foster German Text
file name: Vere Foster Gothic Initials
file name: Vere Foster Lettering Plain Ornamental Cover
file name: Vere Foster Old English
file name: Vere Foster Old English Ornamented
file name: Vere Foster Lettering Plain Ornamental 1900
file name: Vere Foster Vere Fosters New Civil Service Copy Book Series
file name: Vere Foster Vere Fosters New Civil Service Copy Book Series
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