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 172
inted tile work of thesame period (no) it willbe seen that the beautifulseverity of the letters,their proportion, and thesimplicity of their compo-an air of distinction to a cypherwhich, less perfectly proportioned, might have beenmean or commonplace. Orna-mental devices of this kind areso readily… … 138 nothing to say against the reversal of a singleletter, the double C, for example, of Charles VIII.,and of our own Charles II. If the artist can makea satisfactory badge or ornamental device out ofa letter, he is within his province : the conditionis that he shall make ornament of it. Even…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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