Chapter XVII

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_Public Notices:_ _Lettering in Churches, &c.:_ _Lettering in & upon public buildings:_

Note: on walls, plastered, or unsuited for carving, _sgraffito_ might be used with fine effect.

Letters may also be painted upon cemented into the wall (p. 377).

_(ILLUMINATED) ADDRESSES, &c.:_

(Petitions, &c.) (see p. 353).

_MONOGRAMS & DEVICES:_

(see p. 361. These are frequently designed for stencilling or other mechanical reproduction).

_LETTERING FOR REPRODUCTION:_

(see p. 365). See also BROADSIDES, above.

_Printer’s types and Ornamental letters:_

(in woodcut and metal: pp. 365, 367).

_Title Pages:_

(see p. 363).

_Paper and other Book covers:_

(Magazines, Newspaper-Headings, Music, Catalogues, &c.).

_Maps & Plans:_

good, clear lettering may be used in these with fine effect.

_Book Plates:_

(preferably simple, with Arms, Crest, or Symbol, and suitable lettering).

_Letter-paper Headings, Cards, &c.:_

(preferably in copper-plate “Roman” and “Italic”).

_Bill Heads, Receipt Forms, &c.:_

(preferably in copper-plate or type: see p. 365).

_Certificates:_

(Testimonials, &c.) The plainer these are made, the better.

_Programmes, Menus, Cards, &c.:_

(Christmas cards, &c.).

_Almanacks:_

(see above).

_MS. Books and “copy-books”:_

Possibly might be reproduced by copper-plate if written well enough (p. 367).

_Advertisements, &c.:_

Better lettering in these would not only mitigate many eyesores, but would probably attract by its novelty (see p. 352).

_ENGRAVING, &c.:_

(see pp. 364, 365, 375).

_Brasses, &c.:_

(“Brasses,” Name-plates, Door-plates, &c.).

_Punches:_

(for naming, numbering, &c.).

_Utensils:_

(Bowls, flagons, plates, &c.).

_Ornaments:_

(Jewellery, &c.).

_Die Sinking:_

(for coins, medals, &c., and for embossed letter-paper headings, &c.).

_INSCRIPTIONS IN STONE & WOOD:_

(see pp. 375–385, & Chap. XVII.).

_On Monuments & Buildings:_

Also on mile-stones, boundary stones, bridges, &c.

_Tombstones:_

_Foundation Stones:_

_Memorial Tablets:_

_“SIGN WRITING”:_

(see pp. 350, 376).

_Signs:_

(for stations, inns, shops, &c.).

_Shop Fascias, &c.:_

_Names, &c.:_

(on doors & on carts, _coaches_, &c.).

_Notice Boards:_

_“Ticket Writing”:_

_EMBROIDERY, &c.:_

see remarks on _built-up forms_, p. 292: and