Lettering in Ornament An Enquiry Into the Decorative Use of Lettering Past Pr
Lettering in Ornament An Enquiry Into the Decorative Use of Lettering Past Pr
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910
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We have only nm )|riDy][!D)o] MMI P;A\W MET 8l. DETAILS FROM THE WODEN DOORS OF LE PUY CATHEDRAL. 82. FROM A to let the two upright strokes of the N form on the one side part of the A, and on the other part of the D (84), and we have a perfect monogram which, moreover, acknowledges by its contrac- tion the comparative insignificance of the word. At all events a writer is free to indulge in any such monogrammic device which does not interfere with the legibility at which he aims ; whatever helps... the artist in spacing his letters is to the good. There is no occasion to keep sacred the separate identity Ill FLEMISH BRASS. of each particular letter; and in this particular instance, at least, there is no mistaking the letters. Again, if we may use A. D. For Anno Domini, why not make a monogram of the letters (84), or join the double N in ANNO (84) ? The com- pound letter is not difficult to read in that con- nection. These and similar devices (83, 84) were all once freely in use. It is an axiom of design that the method of workmanship employed sjiould be, not only 83.
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