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 194
h made for orna-ment. The next step in that direction was toplay with the lines of contour, to fret theoutline as it were, and slightly to foliate it, butat first only so slightly as barely to interferewith it. At junctures, too, where two lines met(135), a loop was often substituted for the point… … i35- VARIETIES OF THE LETTER A FROM EARLYPRINTED BOOKS. and some of the most charming letters of the six-teenth century depend upon interlacing for theirornament (144, 145). The slight foliation of the terminations of theletters develops finally into free, and it may beflorid, growth, which,…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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