Answers questions on Edward Johnston's Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering: broad-pen tools, cutting quills, letter forms and page layout, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“And though calligraphy is a means to many ends, a fine MS. has a beauty of its own that—if two arts may be compared—surpasses that of the finest printing. This …”
Answers questions on Arthur Wesley Dow's Composition: line, notan (dark and light) and colour as the structure of art, with exercises, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the section.
“LETTERING. When forming part of an artistic composition, in books, posters, manuscripts, illuminations, etc., lettering should be classed as Notan of Line. Obvi…”
Answers questions on Walter Crane's Line and Form: outline, the language of line, form and the principles of drawing and design, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“The practice of forming letters with the pen or brush, from good types, Roman and Gothic, however, would afford very good preliminary practice to a student of l…”
Answers questions on John Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing: exercises for beginners in line, shading, colour and composition, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the letter.
“| Fig. 3. | 18. When you can manage to tint and gradate tenderly with the pencil point, get a good large alphabet, and try to *tint* the letters into shape with…”