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 217
meets the condition,nowadays more insisted upon than ever, of 182 legibility. When little or no liberty is taken withaccepted letter-forms, there is the less danger (ifany) of their becoming unreadable. But artistshave presumed upon this, seeing no reason, whereit was only the background of the… … 157. WOODCUT INITIALS. indeed, it is hard to set a limit to the fancy of theartist. Only, when he goes so far as to lose sightof the fact that it is a background he is designing,he is plainly at fault. The best men never quite did this, or theywould not have been the best. A great designer,such as…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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