Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 244
te angles may be observed in this alphabet,evidently on account of the nature of the material in wdiich 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. 191 44 ARCHITECTUEAL LETTERING uncial form with rounded angles suggests itself (as in Fig. 29),and is, indeed, frequently used. It would be quite impossible to take up in detail the entirelist of available materials and consider their limitations at…
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