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 52
ubsidiarydecoration of the capital letters. Ornament, apart from picture, may gain stillmore from lettering, which takes, in turn, theplace of figured story. It may form itself thestaple of all decorative device, as in many aninstance here given ; it may be cunningly inter-woven with ornament (13)… … 15. JEWELLERY, BY H. HOLBEIN. L.O. II. THE PRINTED PAGE. The idea of lettering is so closely bound up withthat of printed type that the book, from titlepage to printers mark, naturally comes intoconsideration. Due consideration of it from the printers pointof view would, however, lead us astray…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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