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Modern type display and the use of type ornament

Wyse, Henry T. (Henry Taylor), 1870-1951 · 1911 · Edinburgh, H.T. Wyse · 9 pictures

A 1911 Edinburgh typography manual by Henry T. Wyse, aimed at printers and designers, showing how to set display type and use printers' ornaments. Its pictures are small black-and-cream plates: a ringed border of stylised flowers and scrolls, a crossed-keys device over a lock shield, and gothic black-letter capitals with lowercase alphabets, useful for borders, initials, and period lettering.

Typography · Printing -- Specimens · Alphabet

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