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 141
aswe do not understand a word of it, we can judgewithout bias as ornament. Our Western temperament puts us at some dis-advantage. We are a matter-of-fact people, andthe practical view we take of lettering hinders usfrom making full use of it in ornament. Ourattitude towards the alphabet is somewhat… … 79. IRON STAMP. BYZANTINE.
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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