Elements of lettering ... A treatise on the history, classification, and practical application of the various styles of letters of the alphabet (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer company · leaf 46
Fig. 29. 32 ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. §1 great skill in their arrangement. And, while they may bepleasing to the eye, they are of no practical importance to thestudent in the study of the forms of the letters, as their pro-portions are purely arbitrary. Fig. 30 shows the forms of … some of the grotesque letters, in which (a) is formed by ahuman figure, (6) by broken boards, and (c) with a piece ofrope. Any alphabet may be constructed of these forms as thefancy of any artist may dictate, even though he may beignorant of the true form or proportion of the simplest styleof the…
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