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.
Decorative Alphabets and Initials by Alexander Nesbitt 91 complete alphabets — medieval to modern — 3,927 decorative initials, including Victorian novelty and Art Nouveau.
79 Decorative Alphabets for Designers and Craftspeople by Carol Belanger Grafton Over 2,000 royalty-free letters in this volume represent a highly useful and versatile resource, including 79 complete alphabets in a splendid array of styles — flowering capitals, wandering tendrils, many more.
660 Typographic Ornaments CD-ROM and Book by Dover Old-time ornaments and designs, reproduced from rare, turn-of-the-century printers' catalogs, include hundreds of elegant, black-and-white floral spot illustrations and charming figurative illustrations.
