Letters & lettering; a treatise with 200 examples

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LETTERS AND LETTERING R SLETTE LETTERING A TREATISE WITH 200 EXAMPLES FRANK CHOUTEAU BROWN BOSTON BATES & GUILD COMPANY MCMVI EDITIONFIFTH I Copyright, 1902, l>y COMPANYBATES 6f GUILD Printed by EVERETT PRESS COMPANYTHE Mast. Boston, STACK ANNEX 3GOO NOTE THIS book is intended for those who have felt the need of a varied collection of of standardalphabets forms, arranged for convenient use. The while intended toalphabets illustrated, primarily exhibit the letter have in most cases been soshapes, arranged as to show also how the letters intocompose words, except in those instances where are intended to be usedthey only of classic and medieval lettersas initials. The application far asto modern has asbeen,usages possible, suggested in which forms aremodern similarshowing designsby employed. aim of treatise it has beenIn view of the thispractical advisable to include a number of illustrativedeemed larger rather than to devote to the historical evo-examples space of the letter forms.lution the American and who have soTo artists, European, furnished him with of their characteristic kindly drawings letters and without whose cordial assistance this book would have been to thepossible master-printershardly who have allowed him to show fortypes specially designed have himand to the whothem, publishers given permission theto borrow from their books and author wishesmagazines, to his sincereexpress obligations. F. C. B.

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• Knowledge
• Calligraphy
• Alphabets

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• Language: English
• Document size: 10 MB

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LETTERS AND LETTERINGR SLETTE
LETTERING
A TREATISE WITH 200 EXAMPLES
FRANK CHOUTEAU BROWN
BOSTON
BATES & GUILD COMPANY
MCMVIEDITIONFIFTH
I
Copyright, 1902, l>y
COMPANYBATES 6f GUILD
Printed by
EVERETT PRESS COMPANYTHE
Mast.
Boston,STACK
ANNEX
3GOO
NOTE
THIS book is intended for those who have felt the need of
a varied collection of of standardalphabets forms, arranged
for convenient use.
The while intended toalphabets illustrated, primarily
exhibit the letter have in most cases been soshapes, arranged
as to show also how the letters intocompose words, except
in those instances where are intended to be usedthey only
of classic and medieval lettersas initials. The application
far asto modern has asbeen,usages possible, suggested
in which forms aremodern similarshowing designsby
employed.
aim of treatise it has beenIn view of the thispractical
advisable to include a number of illustrativedeemed larger
rather than to devote to the historical evo-examples space
of the letter forms.lution
the American and who have soTo artists, European,
furnished him with of their characteristic
kindly drawings
letters and without whose cordial assistance this book
would have been to thepossible master-printershardly
who have allowed him to show fortypes specially designed
have himand to the whothem, publishers given permission
theto borrow from their books and author wishesmagazines,
to his sincereexpress obligations.
F. C. B.