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 57
Fig. 51. so elaborated that the inner panel on which our lettering is tobe placed becomes of minor importance, as shown in Fig. 52.This, of course, is not such a design as should be used to dis-play a conspicuous inscription. We must, therefore, keep in … Fig. 52. mind the fact that the inscription, if important, is of greatervalue than the ornamentation, the latter being employed onlyto embellish it, without detracting from its prominence. 44 ELEMENTS OF LETTERING. §1 91. Part Panels.—Another form of panel is that whichis combined with some other…
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