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 109
e field of a medal without either confusing twoseparate inscriptions or calling undue attentionto the less important of them. Some modern medallists make good and charac-teristic use of lettering, but they employ sometimestoo much of it to keep it bold enough. Its pro-portion in the design of so… … 50. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MEDAL. VI. SCROLLS OR LABELS. A device from which very happy effects ofdecoration have resulted is that of a label, scroll,or ribbon, to bear an inscription. It is a meansat once of giving dis-tinction to it and ofintroducing into the com-position lines invariablyuseful. Its…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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