Tag Archives: typography

The Engravers Art

Written by admin. Posted on 7 Dec ’10. Filed under art & design. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
Five pound note, 1971

Harry Eccleston worked for more than 25 years as a banknote designer at the Bank of England and was best known for the series D notes, issued in 1978 and the first fully pictorial series. Eccleston’s portrait of the Queen was on the front of … Read More →

A Book of Scripts, Alfred Fairbank

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A Book of Scripts

First published in 1949, in the King Penguin series. The cover design is an adaptation by Jan Tischichold from a design by Juan de Vicar, 1547.

Crowns

Written by admin. Posted on 6 Jul ’09. Filed under vector collection. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.
Panic Crown

One of the many derivative of the posters made famous by Barter books, who are the people who found and brought to light one of the few surviving originals, which were printed in 1939 never used, and now 70 years later have found a new … Read More →

Printers Ornaments

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Leartset_Ornament_01

Crosses

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Leartset Cross

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run diagonally, the design is technically termed a saltire. The cross … Read More →

Roundels

Written by admin. Posted on 30 Jun ’09. Filed under art & design. Tagged , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
Leartset Roundel

A roundel in heraldry is any circular shape; the term is also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours.’ Extract from Wikipedia.org