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 88
33. DIAGRAM. 53 … 34- SANDSTONE SLAB, REGENSBURG. The flaw in black letter inscription is the incon-gruity of the capitals used with it. They break theline perhaps happily, and relieve the monotony ofan exceptionally rigid form of minuscule; butthey rarely seem to belong to it (35). Thecapitals above (34) are much…
Lettering · Initials · Decoration and ornament
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