Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lettering
The text matter is written primarily for the student; the experienced craftsman will not read it. He is only concerned with the examples presented. So we may set down the most elementary matters, explaining the uses of tools and materials, and giving an account of those historical conditions of work which have marked our alphabets. Our object, in short, is to develop the idea of lettering in relation to the element of design, the decorative element, which it contains, and to the historical phases which have made it what it is. Beyond this, we shall try to point out the best manner of executing and using the plainer forms.
Many of the drawings and certain parts of the text appeared in a pre vions work, now long out of print. The author is still grateful to the artists who contributed them, and newly grateful to those who have added fresh work to the present issue.
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