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 209
147* WOODCUT INITIALS. GERMAN. always be made to do), something of the kind seemsto be almost necessary. We get by means of suchornamental framing to the initial a rectangularpatch of print which there is no overlooking; andwithin this, attention once called to it, the formof the letter is promptly…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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