Type lore : popular fonts of today, their origin and use; the history of the art of typography succinctly related for practical men
Type lore is a 1925 Chicago typography handbook by J. L. Frazier, published by the author and aimed at practical printers and designers, tracing the history of popular typefaces. Its pictures are decorative initial letters of several styles: a dark block-letter capital with leafy scrollwork, and outlined P initials framed by fine curling foliage. Designers can draw on these for ornamental capitals, scroll frames and the contrast between knockout and line-drawn letterforms.
