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Analysis of the Roman alphabet;

Enthoffer, J. (Joseph), 1818-1901 · 1874 · Washington, D.C. · 10 pictures

A geometric analysis of Roman letterforms by Joseph Enthoffer, published in Washington, D.C., in 1874 for draftsmen, engravers and map letterers. Each plate sets a capital inside a grid of squares, diagonals, arcs and dotted construction lines, with keyed labels marking points and widths, giving designers ready-made letter-construction diagrams and skeletal alphabet armatures.

Alphabets

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