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 230
ea; and that it was suggested quite as muchby the feeling that it was wanted there for effectas by the thought that its meaning would giveinterest to the design. And this applies not merely to ornamentallettering. The very unlikeness of plain letters tothe usual forms of ornament makes them… … 171. CEILING OF THE SALLE DE DIANE AT FONTAIXEBLEAU O 2 ig6 of rest for the eye, too important to be treated asbackground, and in a sense prominent, but notcalling for much enrichment. The cartouche,which plays such a prominent part in wood-carvingof the period of Henri II., is an outcome of…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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