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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 212

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150. WOODCUT INITIALS. ITALIAN. against a black ground is not so simple ; but it issatisfactorily accomplished in sundry Greek initialsprinted at Venice (150). The letter-shapes aresimply emphasised by a double outline of white,and the ground patterned with well-fitting orna-ment, which not merely…

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