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  1. fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe

    This decorative initial was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) for the word Christmas starting an 1870 article entitled “Christmas with the Poets”.

    Drop caps bring attention to the start of a new section or chapter, and help people find their way by flipping through the pages of a printed book.

    Print jargon: this initial is foliated and vignetted

    #initial #dropCap #decoratedInitial #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #Christmas #xmas #holly #letterC #the_letter_c

  2. fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe

    This decorative initial was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) for the word Christmas starting an 1870 article entitled “Christmas with the Poets”.

    Drop caps bring attention to the start of a new section or chapter, and help people find their way by flipping through the pages of a printed book.

    Print jargon: this initial is foliated and vignetted

    #initial #dropCap #decoratedInitial #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #Christmas #xmas #holly #letterC #the_letter_c

  3. fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe

    This decorative initial was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) for the word Christmas starting an 1870 article entitled “Christmas with the Poets”.

    Drop caps bring attention to the start of a new section or chapter, and help people find their way by flipping through the pages of a printed book.

    Print jargon: this initial is foliated and vignetted

    #initial #dropCap #decoratedInitial #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #Christmas #xmas #holly #letterC #the_letter_c

  4. fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe

    This decorative initial was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) for the word Christmas starting an 1870 article entitled “Christmas with the Poets”.

    Drop caps bring attention to the start of a new section or chapter, and help people find their way by flipping through the pages of a printed book.

    Print jargon: this initial is foliated and vignetted

    #initial #dropCap #decoratedInitial #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #Christmas #xmas #holly #letterC #the_letter_c

  5. fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYe

    This decorative initial was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) for the word Christmas starting an 1870 article entitled “Christmas with the Poets”.

    Drop caps bring attention to the start of a new section or chapter, and help people find their way by flipping through the pages of a printed book.

    Print jargon: this initial is foliated and vignetted

    #initial #dropCap #decoratedInitial #fobo #GIMP #GIMP3 #vintageEngraving #Christmas #xmas #holly #letterC #the_letter_c

  6. fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-P

    This decorative initial letter J (it’s _inhabited_ because it has a person in it, _historiated_ as it illustrates a scene, and was used as a drop cap, the first line of the title starting between the piper’s feet.

    Probably the rodents running around on the bowl of the J are black rats, by their shape and tails; common in Europe and carried the plague.

    #fobo #vintageArt #PiedPiper #dropCap #letterJ #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #bagpipes #music #illustration

  7. fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-P

    This decorative initial letter J (it’s _inhabited_ because it has a person in it, _historiated_ as it illustrates a scene, and was used as a drop cap, the first line of the title starting between the piper’s feet.

    Probably the rodents running around on the bowl of the J are black rats, by their shape and tails; common in Europe and carried the plague.

    #fobo #vintageArt #PiedPiper #dropCap #letterJ #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #bagpipes #music #illustration

  8. fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-P

    This decorative initial letter J (it’s _inhabited_ because it has a person in it, _historiated_ as it illustrates a scene, and was used as a drop cap, the first line of the title starting between the piper’s feet.

    Probably the rodents running around on the bowl of the J are black rats, by their shape and tails; common in Europe and carried the plague.

    #fobo #vintageArt #PiedPiper #dropCap #letterJ #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #bagpipes #music #illustration

  9. fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-P

    This decorative initial letter J (it’s _inhabited_ because it has a person in it, _historiated_ as it illustrates a scene, and was used as a drop cap, the first line of the title starting between the piper’s feet.

    Probably the rodents running around on the bowl of the J are black rats, by their shape and tails; common in Europe and carried the plague.

    #fobo #vintageArt #PiedPiper #dropCap #letterJ #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #bagpipes #music #illustration

  10. fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-P

    This decorative initial letter J (it’s _inhabited_ because it has a person in it, _historiated_ as it illustrates a scene, and was used as a drop cap, the first line of the title starting between the piper’s feet.

    Probably the rodents running around on the bowl of the J are black rats, by their shape and tails; common in Europe and carried the plague.

    #fobo #vintageArt #PiedPiper #dropCap #letterJ #GIMP #GIMP3 #Gimp_3 #xsane #bagpipes #music #illustration

  11. fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeAr

    It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

    Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

    Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

    #fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3

  12. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 26. The letter ‘Z’ with a Zedoary plants, also known as White Turmeric, or Temu Putih.

    That’s a full alphabet of drop capitals or drop initials! I have other ideas, but that’s all I’m going to do for now on this set. It was a fun!

    I may do move this little drawing challenge to February as the days line up closer to the standard 26 character count. Dropcapruary? Februcaps? Name suggestions welcome!

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  13. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 25. The letter ‘Y’ with a Yarrow plant, also known as Old Man's Pepper, Devil's Nettle, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's Woundwort, and Thousand Seal.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  14. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 23. The letter ‘X’ with Xerophyllum tenax plants, also known as Bear Grass, Soap Grass, or Quip-Quip.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  15. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 21. The letter ‘U’ with Uva Ursi plants, also known as Kinnikinnick, or Bearberry.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  16. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 20. The letter ‘T’ with Thornapple plants, also known as Jimsonweed, Devil's Snare, or Devil's Trumpet.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  17. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 17. The letter ‘Q’ with a Queen of the Night plant, also known as Princess of the Night, or Dutchman's pipe cactus. It blooms at night?! 🤯

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  18. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 15. The letter ‘O’ with Orangeroot plants, also known as Goldenseal or Yellow Puccoon.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  19. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 14. The letter ‘N’ with Nettle plants, also known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle, nettle leaf, or stinger. Over halfway through the alphabet!

    #art #inkdrawing #inktober #inktober2023 #typography #dropcap #flora
    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  20. Black ink drawing of a decorative drop cap letter ‘L’ in a flare serif style with line art of a Liquorice plant sprouting around the letter.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  21. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 11. The letter ‘K’ with Keek also knowns as Yellow Fieldcress, or The Creeping Yellowcress.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  22. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 9. The letter ‘I’ with Inkberry also knowns as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, or dragonberries.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  23. Catch-up from yesterday - Decorative Drop Caps, Day 8. The letter ‘H’ with Hogweed also knowns as Cow parsnip, or Heracleum.

    #Art #MastoArt #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  24. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 5: The letter ‘E’ accompanied by Epimedium, also known as Barrenwort, Yin Yang Huo, Bishop's hat, Fairy wings, or Horny goat weed. Did I choose because of the evocative names? Yes I did.

    #Art #MastoArt #InkDrawing #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  25. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 4: The letter ‘D’ with a Dandelion plant doing what Dandelions do.

    #art #inkdrawing #inktober #inktober2023 #typography #dropcap #flora

  26. Decorative Drop Caps, Day 3. The letter ‘C’, with Crocus (or Croci?) plant flowering in the background.

    #Art #InkDrawing #Inktober #Inktober2023 #Typography #DropCap #Flora

  27. fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeAr

    It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

    Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

    Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

    #fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3

  28. fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeAr

    It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

    Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

    Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

    #fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3

  29. fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeAr

    It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

    Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

    Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

    #fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3

  30. fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeAr

    It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

    Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

    Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

    #fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3