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 171
fault of confusion is difficult to condone. It can hardly be said that, where a certain degree of mystery is sought, it is not permissible to reverse; but the artist who relies upon reversing lays himself open to the sus-picion that, if the task of straightforward design is not beyond him, he is… … J37 reason that it is the best thatcould possibly be done withgiven letters. That is so inthe case, for instance, of thefamiliar combination of Q H Din the monogram of Henri Deuxand Diane, which, frequentlyas it occurs in work done forthe king or his mistress, seemsnever to come amiss. It has…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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