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 227
accustomedto command distinguishes himself by his bearing,without regimental finery, and so a finely-designedletter with no trimmings dignifies the head of thecolumn. Alas, that this so seldom happens now!There is, it need hardly be said, no comparison ig2 between the difficulty of inventing a form… … 169. INITIAL.
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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