Elements of lettering <with XIII full-page plates> (1922)
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 · New York : M. Kennerley · leaf 26
-[ 12 ]- definite model for the human form. The painter, the sculp" tor, the architect, have their models in nature. But the man who sets himself to make an alphabet has no copy but that left him by former artists. ... on all matters which pertain to the fashion* of his letter — he has no absolute… … LETTER ‘O’ AS CONSTRUCTED BY GEOFROY TORY ters. Rules or substitutes for the artist’s hand must necessarily be inadequate, yet when set down by such men as Diirer, Tory, Serlio and others, prob" ably do establish and fix canons of proportion or construe" tion that may constitute a firm basis upon…
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