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 149
S5. CONJOINT LETTERS, ROMAN. I L.O. … 86. E M S, CONTINUOUS. IX. MONOGRAMS. The use of conjoined letters and contractionsleads immediately to the design of the Monogram—which is in fact neither more nor less than acontraction—two or more letters writ in one. A monogram is a compound letter, or, as itsname implies, the combination in…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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