Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 192
et is notexactly the one that Diirer himself devised. The main formsof the letters as well as their proportions are very closely copiedfrom the original alphabet, but the construction has been some-what simj)lified and some few minor changes made in the lettersthemselves, tending more towards a… … Fig. 1. Two Alternative Forms of the Letter W,to accompany the Alphabet shown in Fig. 2. letters (the latter form being the one used by Diirer himself),are shown separately inFig. 1. It should be noticed that everyletter in the alphabet, except one or two that of necessity lackthe requisite…
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