Contents

PART li

LETTERING
CHAPTER XIV

GOOD LETTERING—SOME METHODS OF CON¬
STRUCTION & ARRANGEMENT

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Good Models—The Qualities of Good Lettering—Sim¬
plicity—Distinctiveness—Proportion—Beauty of
Form—Beauty of Uniformity—Right Arrange¬
ment—Setting Out & Fitting In—“ Massed Writ¬
ing ” & “ Fine Writing ”—Even Spacing—Theory
& Practice 201

CHAPTER XV

THE ROMAN ALPHABET & ITS DERIVATIVES

The Roman Alphabet—Proportions of Letters: Widths
—Upper and Lower Parts—Essential or Struc¬
tural Forms—Characterisation of Forms—Built-
Up Forms—Simple-Written Capitals—Uncials—
Capitals & Small-Letters—Early, Round, Upright,
Formal Hands — Slanted-Pen Small-Letters —
Roman Small-Letters — Italics — Semi-Formal
Hands—Of Formal Writing Generally—Decora¬
tive Contrasts—Ornamental Letters . . . 232

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CHAPTER XVI

SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Divers Uses of Lettering-MS. Books, &c.-Binding ““
MSS. (-with Note by Douglas Cockerell)—Broadsides,

Wall Inscriptions, See.—Illuminated Addresses, &c.
—Monograms & Devices—Title Pages—Lettering

for Reproduction —Printing —Inscriptions on

Metal, Stone, Wood, &c—0f Inscriptions Gener¬
ally—Bibliography, &c

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CHAPTER XVII

INSCRIPTIONS IN STONE
{By A. E. R. Gill)

Arrangement-The Three Alphabets-Size & Spacing
—The Material—Setting Out—Tools—A Right
Use of the Chisel—Incised Letters & Letters in
Relief—The Sections of Letters—Working in situ . 353

Notes on the Plates

The Plates

383

Index .

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