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 85
aceof the material; and the forms of most lettersexpress themselves sufficiently by their outlinealone. Even the so-called ribbon letters (32),in which the turnover of the ribbon needs to beexpressed, want little more than one sharp cut toexpress the fold. To insist upon nearer resemblanceto ribbon… … 32. RIBBON-LIKE GOTHIC is not so much lettering in ornament as ornamentallettering—which is not the subject of this chapter.There is less occasion, then, in architecture foractually modelled lettering than for letters cut intothe ground or left in flat relief upon it. Eitherexpedient is in its…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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