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 207
deco-rative interest upon the letter only, however 172 ornamentally rendered. It was not enough forthem that the shape of it was ornamental,there must needs be ornament or foliage also,interlacing with it, or forming, it might be, a richbackground to the letter (144, 145). Eventually,with the…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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