Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work ... (1907)
American School of Correspondence · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 282
te angles may be observed in this alj^habet,evidently on account of the nature of the material in which itwas carved rendering it easily chipped or broken. In wood carving, a letter exactly reversing the V-sunk sec-tion with direct sinkage, gives the best effect for a raised letter. Every material,… … Fig. 33. German Black Letters, from a Brass. 221 44 ARCHITECTURAL LETTERING ■—■ ■ ■ ~ _ . . - — uncial form with rounded angles suggests itself (as in Fig. 29),and is, indeed, frequently used. It nould be quite impossible to take up in detail the entirelist of available materials and consider their…
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