A letter from Carl Dair to Jack Trevett, President of Cooper & Beatty, May 11, 1951

Throughout his career Dair used a version of the classic Italic hand that was, at that time, being promoted as the handwriting that should be taught in grade schools. In this letter he obviously used a finer nib than in much of his later correspondence. The initial letters in the company logo; c, e, d, are also calligraphic forms by Dair using a broad nib pen. The identical lower strokes on all three letters create a strong baseline rhythm.