Alphabet Fifteen Interpretive Designs Drawn And Arranged With Explanatory Text And Illustrations (1918)
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 · New York : M. Kennerly · leaf 39
£ 36 ] of the first or second century, produced a type conceived in the same spirit as the original cutting, a design unique in the annals of type founding. Study the accepted model until the essential form can be reproduced without conscious effort; but do not forget that a letter or style good in… … underlying principle of its structure may be used as a basis for a new ren- dering. Many letter-forms are indeed interchangeable; but if it is desired to adapt lettering of one class to the purposes of another, certain differ- ences of treatment are inevitable to make them suitable to the medium…
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