Over 2,000 royalty-free letters in this volume represent a highly useful and versatile resource. Selected from rare late-19th- and early-20th-century sources, the letters include 79 complete alphabets in a splendid array of styles — delicately flowering capitals, wandering tendrils, letters bearing fruit, inventive arrow alphabets, needlecraft numerals, and many more.
Decorative Alphabets and Initials by Alexander Nesbitt 91 complete alphabets — medieval to modern — 3,927 decorative initials, including Victorian novelty and Art Nouveau.
Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic Ornaments by Clarence P. Hornung 145 full-page plates present 5 centuries of great typographical design: 60 alphabets, many decorative initials, headings, scrolls and flourishes, rules and panels, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches, borders, more.
