Versal
Letters &
Coloured
Capitals

Versate set In the tart“"'
¡/^SPECIALLY when

I ч versale are tarai ;

: say three Line =

•Spaces or more inhei^it

j Versal set partly in text

ri^^araqraphs beqiririm~
j L^wUn tailed Utters"!
i I such as/YDpTbJ &c

: [are оэпѵепгепгіу treateb
¡inthís mannér^-^

; Ь.

Versals in rrurmn

QВ fen used when me
versais are small
uitable for com-
.pamttvejy small or
jrtumemus capitals!
c.

Fig. 86.
90

the end, of one patamaph.
THE NEXT PARAGRAPH
may be marked by a line—
of written capitals in black
or colour (on or below lineX^ )

•Ò—H—ОСШХ?—А1-—ОйЭСШ—Я—CCO-^V

Or a baia of siùtìbier'
(usually pm-tmde) oruat
merit may be irtfcerposcbf.)

CTH ГТГКЧКЧ h!H h'-ІКЧШ кЧКЧ m ЬЯі

Fig. 87.

To mark Chapters (or even Books), extra large
Versals (fig. 88) may be used, in lieu of more elabor¬
ate initials. Smaller Versals may be grouped round
about, beside or inside initials (p. 174 & fig. 92).

Headings and Pages in Capitals (see also pp. 94,
98).—Each line of capitals is generally kept uni¬
form throughout its length,1 though different lines
vary in size and colour (see fig. 89). If it be possible
it is well to keep the individual word entire and to

1 The mediaeval scribes often made the first line of a chapter
or book in uniform capitals (excepting the initial letter). The
succeeding line generally was smaller, and of a different colour
and type—even when a divided word was carried over into it.

91

Versal
Letters &
Coloured
Capitals