DOI Artikel:
The editor's room
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THE EDITOR'S ROOM
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cleverly invented page of letters we are permitted
to reproduce here. A few horrid examples are
Alphabets. By E. F. Strange. (London : included, and many American alphabets, some
George Bell & Sons. 8s. 6d. net.)—No subject is of which may fail to satisfy points in style. But
more important to the decorative artist than the the wealth of good lettering of all periods thus
right placing and consistent choice of lettering, brought together, should render the book essential
Whether it occurs as a mere title to a page of to all students of art.
illustration, or as an inscription upon a monu- Impressioni dal Vera. Disegni de Achille Formis.
mental slab, the knowledge and care required for (Milan & London : G. Ricordi & Co.)—A port-
the execution of successful lettering are not less folio of crayon studies of landscape, apparently drawn
than for a masterly treatment of floral or upon process paper and reproduced in facsimile. The
animal forms. Every one is ready to admit that studies may be purchased separately at a low price,
study is essential to a right understanding of the and should prove attractive copies for students,
proportions of a human figure, but
lettering, as Dogberry himself said in
other words, is supposed to come by
nature. In this book, Mr. Strange has
not been primarily concerned with the
history of the Roman and Gothic cha-
racters which are the basis for all styles
in use to-day so far as the English
language is concerned, but rather in
showing the structural forms of all sorts
of alphabets in use for centuries past.
The two hundred illustrations represent
complete alphabets where possible, and
specimens of applied lettering from the
most varied sources.
In earlier books, when the original
characters were lacking to complete the
needful twenty-six, the draughtsman
supplied the gaps from his own inven-
tion ; here nothing is given without the
authority of genuine examples to sup-
port it. So far as we know, no book
in any language has limited its subject
to the actual shape of the letters, and
yet covered so wide a field. For Mr.
Strange is little concerned with ornament
added to the forms, but has been keen
to detect variations in the structural
shapes of the letter itself; hence he
may be warmly congratulated upon the r ; mm W~\ W—"v >< m mm
production of a text-book of lasting / m I g 1 I " ■ —, ■"'^"l
value to all classes ot artists and * mm ~J m mf m V^A. m I 1
craftsmen. Not the least interesting ~W M Z \ M ¥V ¥ S—"V W
contributions are specially designed I w^f I / ▼'m I I 1 W-JI 1 *
alphabets, by Messrs. Selwyn Image, ■ * ■—+* m>m ■ J| \£f*H^9
F. York-Powell, and C. Voysey, Whose designed by c. voysey from "alphabets" (g. bell and sons)
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cleverly invented page of letters we are permitted
to reproduce here. A few horrid examples are
Alphabets. By E. F. Strange. (London : included, and many American alphabets, some
George Bell & Sons. 8s. 6d. net.)—No subject is of which may fail to satisfy points in style. But
more important to the decorative artist than the the wealth of good lettering of all periods thus
right placing and consistent choice of lettering, brought together, should render the book essential
Whether it occurs as a mere title to a page of to all students of art.
illustration, or as an inscription upon a monu- Impressioni dal Vera. Disegni de Achille Formis.
mental slab, the knowledge and care required for (Milan & London : G. Ricordi & Co.)—A port-
the execution of successful lettering are not less folio of crayon studies of landscape, apparently drawn
than for a masterly treatment of floral or upon process paper and reproduced in facsimile. The
animal forms. Every one is ready to admit that studies may be purchased separately at a low price,
study is essential to a right understanding of the and should prove attractive copies for students,
proportions of a human figure, but
lettering, as Dogberry himself said in
other words, is supposed to come by
nature. In this book, Mr. Strange has
not been primarily concerned with the
history of the Roman and Gothic cha-
racters which are the basis for all styles
in use to-day so far as the English
language is concerned, but rather in
showing the structural forms of all sorts
of alphabets in use for centuries past.
The two hundred illustrations represent
complete alphabets where possible, and
specimens of applied lettering from the
most varied sources.
In earlier books, when the original
characters were lacking to complete the
needful twenty-six, the draughtsman
supplied the gaps from his own inven-
tion ; here nothing is given without the
authority of genuine examples to sup-
port it. So far as we know, no book
in any language has limited its subject
to the actual shape of the letters, and
yet covered so wide a field. For Mr.
Strange is little concerned with ornament
added to the forms, but has been keen
to detect variations in the structural
shapes of the letter itself; hence he
may be warmly congratulated upon the r ; mm W~\ W—"v >< m mm
production of a text-book of lasting / m I g 1 I " ■ —, ■"'^"l
value to all classes ot artists and * mm ~J m mf m V^A. m I 1
craftsmen. Not the least interesting ~W M Z \ M ¥V ¥ S—"V W
contributions are specially designed I w^f I / ▼'m I I 1 W-JI 1 *
alphabets, by Messrs. Selwyn Image, ■ * ■—+* m>m ■ J| \£f*H^9
F. York-Powell, and C. Voysey, Whose designed by c. voysey from "alphabets" (g. bell and sons)
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