Church decoration : a practical manual of appropriate ornamentation (1874)
Practical · London : Published for the author by Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Strand ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong · leaf 45
s of the pencil will show how easily a letter may be _ formed (see illustration). The letter M will _ occupy more, and the letter I, less space than ~ any others, but in calculating a number of - letters for a given space all may be roughly taken as one size. When designing a letter or alphabet,… … and the basis of the letter S, is at once obtained ; the ends of the letter, when tall and narrow, may also be made to slope ; this is indicated by a dotted line. When S slopes at the terminal, C, G, should also slope in the same manner.
Church decoration and ornament · Illumination of books and manuscripts · Christian art and symbolism
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