Lettering in ornament; an enquiry into the decorative use of lettering, past, present, and possible (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 106
ere it is wanted.Not the least serviceable use of it is where itis made to pass, as it were, behind the image,forming something between a border and a back-ground to it. Boldly used it never comes amiss.It is only the mean lettering of an artist who doesnot value it, would rather not use it, and is… … GREEK COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. coin or medal, the scope of the designer does notend there : that is one way of doing it, but not theonly one. It is the hard and fast rule we haveadopted in modern days; but the Greeks, whowere our masters in art, and the medallists of theRenaissance, knew better…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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