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 118
abel and then begin to consider how best hecould arrange the words within its lines. As wellchoose a canvas irrespective of the picture to bepainted on it. The lettering is here the picture,so to speak, and the label but the canvas for it ;and, however fanciful its convolutions, they shouldbe so… … 57- BOOKPLATE BY H. S. BEHAM. G 2 84 the course of the label ? should it be confined toone side of the label ? should it be hidden wherethe label dives behind an overlap or disappearsbehind the figure ? Naturally it should do allthree ; but the ends of art are not so easily achieved.An inscription…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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