THE HANDY BOOK OF ARTISTIC PRINTING

Adolf Loos, the architect, condemned ornament as a sin. Yet there are much worse design crimes (and I'm sure you can share many in t he comments section). Even if you subscribe to Loos's proto-modernist dictum, you may still enjoy the sinful pleasure of ornament. I f so, I recommend a veritable Whitman's Sampler of ornamental confections from the Victorian age of artistic printing: The Handy Boo k of Artistic Printing: A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrin klers, a...[Read more]