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A text-book of design (1912)

Kelley, Charles Fabens, 1885-, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), Mowll, William Luther, joint author · Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 53

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s double inversion. Groups ofspots, or lines, or small areas, may be used in inversions thesame as single spots or lines. In experimenting with inver-sions to build up new unit possibilities, the spots or linesused may be placed so that they leave varying distancesbetween the component parts or so… … A TEXT-BOOK OF DESIGN A\ill give a quite different ajjpear-ance tlian when used singly. The in-terlacing of units, — especially unitsof outline — introduces areas by theintersections, producing a design ofentirely different character. Each ofthese arrangements may introducenew elements of interest.…

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