Frank Chouteau Brown - Letters and Lettering - A Treatise With 200 Examples

Copyright, 1921, by
BATES & GUILD COMPANY

Printed by
PERRY & ELLIOTT CO
LYNN BOSTON

Printed in the U. S. A.

This book is intended for those who have felt the need of a varied collection of alphabets of standard forms, arranged for convenient use.

The alphabets illustrated, while primarily intended to exhibit the letter shapes, have in most cases been so arranged as to show also how the letters compose into words, except in those instances where they are intended to be used only as initials. The application of classic and medieval letters to modern usages has been, as far as possible, suggested by showing modern designs in which similar forms are employed.

In view of the practical aim of this treatise it has been deemed advisable to include a larger number of illustrative examples rather than to devote space to the historical evolution of the letter forms.

To the artists, American and European, who have so kindly furnished him with drawings of their characteristic lettersand without whose cordial assistance this book would hardly have been possibleto the master-printers who have allowed him to show types specially designed for them, and to the publishers who have given him permission to borrow from their books and magazines, the author wishes to express his sincere obligations.

F. C. B.

Alphabet after Sebastian Serlio (1473-1554). Reconstructed by Albert R. Ross.

Width Proportions of Modern Roman Capitals. F. C. B.

Drawing for Incised Roman Capitals . For cutting in granite. Letter forms based upon those shown in figures 1 and 2. F. C. B.

Photograph of Incised Roman Capitals. Cut in granite from drawing shown in figure 4

Incised Roman Capitals. From the Arch of Constantine, Rome. 315 A.D. From a photograph

Model for Incised Roman Capitals. Used for inscriptions cut in granite on Boston Public Library. McKim, Mead & White, Architects. Photographed from a cast

Roman Incised Capitals. From fragments in marble. National Museum, Naples. Rubbing

Roman Incised Inscription . Museo Civico, Bologna. From a photograph

Roman Incised Inscription . Museo Civico, Bologna. From a photograph

Detail from a Roman Incised Inscription . Showing composition. Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

"Rustic" Roman Capitals . Of pen forms, but cut in stone. Redrawn from a rubbing. From fragment in the National Museum, Naples. F. C. B.

Roman Capitals from Fragments of Inscriptions . Showing various characteristic letter forms. Redrawn from rubbings. F. C. B.

Modern Roman Incised Capitals . Executed in sandstone. From the Harvard Architectural Building, Cambridge, Mass. McKim, Mead & White, Architects

Letters Shown in Alphabet 1 and 2, in Composition . By Albert R. Ross

Classic Roman Capitals . Cut in marble. Redrawn from rubbings made in the Forum, Rome. F. C. B.-21

and 19 Classic Roman Capitals . Late period. Cut in marble. Redrawn from rubbings. F. C. B.

Portion of Roman Inscription . With supplied letters. Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

Classic Roman Inscription . Incised in marble. Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

Classic Roman Inscription . In stone. Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

Italian Renaissance Inscription . Square-sunk in marble. From a photograph of a mortuary slab

Italian Renaissance Medal . By Vittore Pisano. 15th Century. From a photograph

Modern French Medal . By Oscar Roty. From a photograph of the original in the Luxembourg, Paris

Capitals Adapted from Renaissance Medals . F. C. B.

Spanish Renaissance Alphabet . By Juan de Yciar. From "Arte por la qual se ese n a a escrevir perfectamente." (Saragossa, 1550)

Renaissance Inlaid Medallion . From a floor-slab in Santa Croce, Florence. Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

Italian Renaissance Capitals . From an inlaid floor-slab in Santa Croce, Florence. (Compare figure 28.) Redrawn from a rubbing. F. C. B.

Italian Renaissance Panel . From Raphael's tomb, Pantheon, Rome. From a photograph

Italian Renaissance Incised Inscription . From the Marsuppini Tomb, Santa Croce, Florence, 1455. Rubbing

Italian Renaissance Incised Inscription . From a floor-slab in Santa Croce, Florence. Early 15th Century. Rubbing

Italian Renaissance Capitals . Redrawn from inscription on the Marsuppini Tomb, Santa Croce, Florence, 1455. (Compare figure 31.) F. C. B.

Italian Renaissance Capitals . Redrawn from rubbings of inscriptions in Santa Croce, Florence. F. C. B.

Italian Renaissance Capitals . By G. A. Tagliente. From 'La vera arte dello eccellento scrivere.' (Venice, 1524)

German Renaissance Capitals . By Albrecht Drer. Adapted from 'Underweyssung der messung, mit dem zirckel, n richtscheyt, in Linien, etc.' (Nuremberg, 1525)

Italian Renaissance Capitals . By Sebastian Serlio. (1473-1554.) Compare figures 1 and 2

German Renaissance Capitals . By Urbain Wss. From 'Libellus valde doctus ... scribendarum literarum genera complectens.' (Zurich, 1549)

Italian Renaissance Panel . Above the door of the Badia, Florence. Redrawn by Claude Fayette Bragdon. From 'Minor Italian Palaces.' (Cutler Manufacturing Company, Rochester, N.Y., 1898)

Modern Title in Anglo-Saxon Capitals . By Bertram G. Goodhue. (Compare figure 46.) From 'The Quest of Merlin.' (Small, Maynard & Co., Boston, 1891)

Modern Title with Characteristics of 16th Century English Capitals . By Walter Crane. (Compare figure 49.) From 'The Story of Don Quixote.' (John Lane, New York, 1900)

Title in Early English Capitals . By W. Eden Nesfield. From 'Specimens of Medieval Architecture.' (Day & Sons, London, 1862)

Anglo-Saxon Capitals. 6th Century . From 'The Rule of St. Benedict.' Bodleian Library, Oxford

Anglo-Saxon Capitals. 7th Century . From 'The Gospels of St. Cuthbert'

Anglo-Saxon Capitals. Early 10th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon Bible

Early English Capitals . 16th Century. From tomb of Henry VII, Westminster Abbey, London

Scheme for the Construction of Roman Small Letters . F. C. B.

Spanish Roman Pen Drawn Letters . By Francisco Lucas. From 'Arte de Escrvirde.' (Madrid, 1577)

Spanish Roman Pen Drawn Letters . Showing use of above. By Francisco Lucas. From 'Arte de Escrvirde.' (Madrid, 1577)

Spanish Italic Pen Drawn Letters. By Francisco Lucas. From 'Arte de Escrvirde.' (Madrid, 1577)

Spanish Italic Pen Drawn Letters. Showing use of above. By Francisco Lucas. From 'Arte de Escrvirde.' (Madrid, 1577)

Italian Small Letters . By J. F. Cresci. From 'Perfetto Scrittore.' (Rome, 1560)

English 17th Century Letters . Incised in slate. From tombstones