CHAPTER XVI

SPECIAL SUBJECTS

Divers Uses of Lettering — MS. Books, &c. — Binding MSS. (_with Note by Douglas Cockerell_) — Broadsides, Wall Inscriptions, &c. — Illuminated Addresses, &c. — Monograms & Devices — Title Pages — Lettering for Reproduction — Printing — Inscriptions on Metal, Stone, Wood, &c. — Of Inscriptions Generally — Bibliography, &c.

DIVERS USES OF LETTERING

The following list of some of the uses of hand-made lettering, though necessarily very brief, will perhaps suggest possibilities both to the student and the craftsman:—

_MS. BOOKS, &c.:_

(see pp. 98, 341, & _Author’s Preface_).

_Fine Literature:_

(1) Preferably “the best.”

(2) That which is worthy of calligraphy.

(3) That which is the “favourite” of the owner of the book.

_Poetry_ is differently treated from prose (see pp. 95, 263, 371, 138), and should have extra wide _side_ margins when possible (p. 483).

_Single Poems, &c.:_

Poems, cards, hymns, &c. (see pp. 137–139, & _Poetry_, above), preferably in the form of small _books_.

_Tracts or Treatises:_

Copies might be preserved (p. 323) in good writing (_instead of Typewriting_).

_Church Services:_

Prayers, Communion, Marriage, &c. (pp. 140, 144, 345).

_Gospels & Psalters:_

‹Note.›—The Psalms, &c., may be treated as poetry (as in the “Revised Version”) or as prose (as in the “Authorised Version”), see _Fine Literature_ above.

_Almanacks:_

These may be very varied; containing vacations, terms, sessions; public, church, or family festivals, personal memoranda or topical quotations. They offer great opportunities for heraldic or symbolic ornament (such as coats-of-arms, astronomical signs, &c.).

_Dedications, &c., in Books: (Lettering on Architects’ Plans: see_ ‹Maps & Plans›, p. 339)

These may be on a parchment leaf inserted and securely glued into the beginning (preferably bound up with book), or be written on a fly-leaf. Annotations, extracts, &c., may be written in colour in printed books (p. 144).

_“Copy-Books:”_

(see below).

_BROADSIDES:_

Sheets printed (or written) on one side: see p. 350.

_Notices:_

(Posters, Placards, Hand-bills, &c.).

_Quotations:_

(Texts, Mottoes, &c.) (see p. 336).

_Church Texts, &c.:_

(The Creed, Commandments, &c.).

_Family Trees & Pedigrees:_

These may be very decorative—in plain black and red, or with coats-of-arms or other ornament. They might also be made in book form.

_WALL INSCRIPTIONS:_

Carved or painted: see pp. 350, 375–385, &