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 215
akes the letter stand out ; but it does notmake it more easily readable ; it simply vulgarisesit. It looks as if in the initials D. I. (155) therather clumsy outline, black against a backgroundof lines giving a half tint, were meant to suggestrelief. If it is desirable to reduce the volume of…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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