Alphabets & Ornaments

Alphabets & Ornaments
Author: Anna Corba
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2005
Genre: Alphabets
ISBN: 9781402739231

"It's as easy as ABC to create beautiful scrapbooks, cards, and other decorated projects with these vintage alphabets and classic ornamentations. From ornate Victorian lettering to antique word tile images, from baroque initials to cherub letters, the range of charming designs offers something for everyone, and really turns an ordinary page into something memorable and unique. Use them to make monograms or labels for a journal, to write an irresistibly lovely message, or to embellish a memory box. Some of the alphabets are pretty as a picture just shown off as is"--Publisher's description.

Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic Ornaments

Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic Ornaments
Author: Clarence P. Hornung
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486284050

145 full-page plates present the best typographical design from the 15th through the 20th centuries, including 60 handsome alphabets, many examples of decorative initials and a dazzling assortment of headings, scrolls and flourishes, rules and panels, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches, borders and more.

Art Nouveau Display Alphabets

Art Nouveau Display Alphabets
Author: Dan X. Solo
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486233864

One hundred complete fonts from Solo-type Typographers Catalog: upper and lower cases, alternate forms, swash forms, numerals, secondaries. Whiplash, organic, cursive, Orientalized, and other styles. This beautiful, wide range of type fluidities suggest elegance, originality, grace,and a nearness to nature. Most are not available anywhere else.

Decorative Ornaments and Alphabets of the Renaissance

Decorative Ornaments and Alphabets of the Renaissance
Author: Henry Lewis Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Decoration and ornament, Renaissance
ISBN: 9780486266053

Over 1,000 examples of the finest typographical ornamentation designed by Renaissance craftsmen, including a glorious assortment of alphabets, initials, decorative ornaments, vignettes, dingbats, headbands, borders, frames, bindings and printers' marks. 1,020 illustrations. Introduction. Historical notes.

3-D and Shaded Alphabets

3-D and Shaded Alphabets
Author: Dan X. Solo
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1982-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486242460

Emblazon your message in 3-D or shaded lettering. Eye-catching typefaces in 100 amazingly diverse fonts.

Victorian Display Alphabets

Victorian Display Alphabets
Author: Dan X. Solo
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 109
Release: 1976-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486233022

Artists, crafters, and designers will rejoice in 100 unusual and authentic Victorian type fonts. Plain and decorative alphabets include Calliope, Buffalo Bill, Shaded Barnum, Fargo, Jackpot, and Burlesque. Styles range from bold Bohemia and Broadside to delicate Aeolian Open and Arboret. Many include lowercase letters and numbers, plus Victorian printer's ornaments.