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 184
nalbias, unstimulated by any fervid desire to beoriginal, beautiful and ever fresh variations on thealphabet arise. The influence which the way of working exercisesupon design is very plainly seen on page 146, inthe illustration representing a rude block for print-ing on linen an initial D,… … GROUNDED OUT. This naturally suggests sweeping lines and formsthat can easily be bent into shape. Hence thetype of letter, and hence the character of theadded decoration. The workman, like his public—the thing was made for French peasant use,and sold by a peasant in the market-place—would very…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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