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 80
n must do his best; and acompetent artist will make the best of even a verybad job; but, clearly, the better way to set aboutlettering in decoration is, to set out the inscriptionbefore designing a tablet or setting of any kind forit—to design, in fact, the frame for the lettering,not adapt the… … 28. FROM THE MAUSOLEUM OF MARY OF BURGUNDY,BRUGES, l6TH CENTURY. 46 I. Imagine about how you think the inscriptionwould subdivide—say into so many lines (long orshort according to your scheme of design).
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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