Der getreue Schreibemeister
Der getreue Schreibemeister is an 18th-century German penmanship manual by Johann Friedrich Stäps, published in Leipzig around 1749 for writing students and scribes. Its plates show large decorative capital letters built from looping, shaded strokes, alphabets set in rows, and flourished bands of interlaced curls, offering a designer model for ornamental lettering and swash forms.
