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 210
rying contour wouldbe likely to do. Upon this customary tune, of a letter involvedin ornament, or set in a framework or against abackground of ornament, very interesting varia-tions were played throughout the sixteenthcentury. At times such ornament was made tofollow closely the lines of the letter… … I48. WOODCUT INITIALS. he takes the letter shape into due consideration,and accommodates the design of his ornament toit. His idea may be only to fill up the intersticeswith pattern, or to compose contrasting lines, orto correct perhaps the inevitable lines of the letteritself; but, whatever his…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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