The purely decorative designs included in this font╤designs long used by printers to lend beauty to the printed page╤include lunettes, fleurons, tail- and headpieces, and calligraphic and heraldic devices.
This is the second in a series of decorative ornament fonts: other fonts in this series contain headpieces, tailpieces, dingbats, scrolls, trophies, cupids, borders, angels, and others. The cuts are in many different styles including Renaissance, Baroque, Victorian, neo-Medieval, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, etc.
The sources for these cuts include L'Art pour Tous (1861-1904), Formenchatz, and such type specimen books as H.H. Green's Specimens of Printing Types (1852) and Zeese and Company's Specimens of Electrotypes (1885), as well as rare copies of 19th- and 20th century periodicals such as The Century Magazine, Harper's Magazine, The Studio, and The Inland Printer.
These ornaments can be used by printers, artists, advertisers, book and stationery designers, as well as any and all lovers of historic ornamentation and the printer's art. Artfully used, they will lend beauty to any printed page.
