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 211
149- WOODCUT INITIALS BY G. TORY. range from solid black ornament to pattern inoutline only, from mere diaper to vigorousarabesque or foliage, to say nothing of eventualpicture. A heavy letter against a lighter background ofornament was naturally the first to occur to theartist (147). But he did…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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