CORRECT PUNCTUATION IN SIGN PAINTING.                        251
Illustrations of the Proper Wording and Punctuation of Sign .-Witng.
Un&Iuulit Large Marks are used to DisttinctIV llustr-ate Pu7WtatkMa~
The following samples of Signs will be found  The period (.) is used at the end of every
convenient by Sign Writers as showing correct  sentence, even if it be but one word; as,
punctuation.                                 Bank. Merchant Tailor. John Smith.     TF11-
___iam Jones, Dealer in Hats, caps and Furs.
BANK.                       The period is also used to show the omission of
letters, at the last of a name or word, called
POST-OFFICE.                     abbreviation; as Co. for Company; H. J. mith
for Henry James Smith.   In the abbreviation
of Chas., Win., Thos., Jas., Robt., Bros., and
JOHN    SMITH.                   Saml., while the rule is to use the apostrophe,
it is customary to use the period.
JOHN    HENRY      SMITH.               The comma (,) is used, in sign painting, to
show the omission of words. This is shown
J. H. SMITH.                   i,. fnl lnw      ,wfn,P.