Project Gutenberg 2007-02-16 Public domain in the USA. 442 Brown, Frank Chouteau 1876 1947 Brown, Chouteau Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples Letters and Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples Produced by David Newman, Chuck Greif, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples" by Frank Chouteau Brown is a guidebook on typography and lettering techniques written in the early 20th century. The work focuses on providing a comprehensive collection of alphabets, with examples derived from both classical and medieval sources, aimed at artists and designers interested in utilizing letterforms in their work. The treatise emphasizes practical applications over historical context, making it a valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of lettering. The opening of the book outlines its purpose and showcases various examples of classic Roman capital letters, including their characteristics, construction, and practical usage. It establishes the significance of thickness variations in the letterforms and how they contribute to both legibility and aesthetics. The author also notes the influence of ancient techniques on modern lettering practices, providing insights into the foundational qualities that typographers should consider, all while setting the stage for the detailed examples and analysis that will follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Lettering Alphabets NK Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 307167 307185 2024-09-09T06:06:48.166293 2023-09-09T08:45:17.851540 text/html text/html 273763 2007-02-16T09:25:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 11430852 2007-02-16T09:25:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 10549178 2024-09-09T06:07:50.544457 application/epub+zip 10459704 2024-09-09T06:07:10.023229 application/epub+zip 147864 2024-09-09T06:06:50.157260 application/epub+zip 43865676 2024-09-09T06:08:07.721361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43761935 2024-09-09T06:07:25.238059 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256275 2022-09-09T15:30:15.777942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162240 162120 2024-09-09T06:06:45.579288 2023-09-09T08:45:15.445539 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 161963 2007-02-16T09:25:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 55607 2007-02-16T09:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161986 2007-02-16T09:25:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 55564 2007-02-16T09:25:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20062 2024-09-09T06:08:08.149339 application/rdf+xml 20020 2024-09-09T06:06:50.677239 image/jpeg 4404 2024-09-09T06:06:50.431256 image/jpeg 11038657 2024-09-09T06:06:49.006247 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog