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 161
begin with, then you have aright to rely upon its lines; in fact it is one of theconditions to which you have to conform. Another confession of weakness is to resort, inthe design of a monogram as such (and not as anornamental device for some particular decorativepurpose), to ultra-fantastic… … IOI. L F D, WITHBORDER, STENCILLED. forget that it is not equal-sidedness but balance that isessential; and that there is acompensating charm in cha-racter. This is not to say there maynot be good reason for devicesin which for some symbolic orother sufficient purpose an em-blem is included. The…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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