#initials — Public Fediverse posts

#mugShot #L #initials #LiptonTea #tea

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/713e2d35-17d0-4b7a-bfa9-0bbce3a20a26

#initials #maritime #mermaids #decorative #calligraphy #heraldry #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/713e2d35-17d0-4b7a-bfa9-0bbce3a20a26

#initials #maritime #mermaids #decorative #calligraphy #heraldry #design #art #publicdomain

Woman with unfortunate initials warning parents to think things through before naming their kids

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/bad-initials-warning-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bad-initials-warning-ex1

Woman with unfortunate initials warning parents to think things through before naming their kids

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/bad-initials-warning-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bad-initials-warning-ex1

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a9215283-c8af-4df1-8ce6-67489073f37a

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a9215283-c8af-4df1-8ce6-67489073f37a

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

As promised, more folks found the fresh concrete irresistible.
We already had Tiffany, Mary! And Quentin. A smiley face is the latest addition.
I will check soon and see if this pic is still accurate or if others added their monikers too. I felt no compulsion.
What would you have written?
#NYC #fresh #concrete #sidewalk #name #initials #smiley #NewYorkCity #midtown #Manhattan #BusStop

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9eeb59e5-ceb3-46cd-87cd-dacdcf74b2ec

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9eeb59e5-ceb3-46cd-87cd-dacdcf74b2ec

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7ff72257-873f-42bb-809a-f44118421197

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7ff72257-873f-42bb-809a-f44118421197

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c59bbd30-9248-4696-8c85-4e62b6e51a65

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c59bbd30-9248-4696-8c85-4e62b6e51a65

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Today's #genuary prompt is to write "Genuary" without using a font. I'm always intrigued by those "Inhabited Initials" found in older books, where the first letter in a paragraph is drawn using fancy illustrations, so I attempted to write the word by pulling public domain images of these initials from Wikimedia Commons. Initially, I wanted to automate scraping of the images from the site, but the search results were too inconsistent (searching for "A" returns images of other letters too), so I ended up manually curating the images. Try your own words on my website:

https://codeismycanvas.art/posts/genuary26/initials.html

#genuary2026 #genuary5 #initials #inhabitedinitials #typography

Today's #genuary prompt is to write "Genuary" without using a font. I'm always intrigued by those "Inhabited Initials" found in older books, where the first letter in a paragraph is drawn using fancy illustrations, so I attempted to write the word by pulling public domain images of these initials from Wikimedia Commons. Initially, I wanted to automate scraping of the images from the site, but the search results were too inconsistent (searching for "A" returns images of other letters too), so I ended up manually curating the images. Try your own words on my website:

https://codeismycanvas.art/posts/genuary26/initials.html

#genuary2026 #genuary5 #initials #inhabitedinitials #typography

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueVI/pages/162-2-letter-a-topless-woman-francois-hermann/

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

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueVI/pages/162-2-letter-a-topless-woman-francois-hermann/

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

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8aa71cfd-fef7-4a8d-89ed-f13820dd88ad

#initials #decorations #heraldry #design #art #publicdomain

31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d453cb25-5adf-4859-ae72-5c1552133526

#initials #torches #lamps #typography #design #walking #lettering #art #publicdomain

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYear-1870/pages/148-letter-c-with-snow-and-holly/

A decorated initial (or decorative initial) used as a drop cap in Circling The Year from 1870, in an article about Christmas.

Yes, it’s July; i generally do some Christmas images this month, first because it’s hot here in July and the snow i snice to work with, and second because people using stock images for XMAS projects often need a lot of lead time for channel distribution etc.

#vintageArt #dropCaps #initials #fobo #xmas #Christmas #yuletide #holly #snow

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/CirclingTheYear-1870/pages/148-letter-c-with-snow-and-holly/

A decorated initial (or decorative initial) used as a drop cap in Circling The Year from 1870, in an article about Christmas.

Yes, it’s July; i generally do some Christmas images this month, first because it’s hot here in July and the snow i snice to work with, and second because people using stock images for XMAS projects often need a lot of lead time for channel distribution etc.

#vintageArt #dropCaps #initials #fobo #xmas #Christmas #yuletide #holly #snow

The #initials in this #eighth-century copy of Pliny from the British Isles are stupendous. The one with the white line down the middle would have taken forever to do: the white line is achieved by filling in the brown colour on either side.

Source: https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4125824?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=95735198b647fd95b8af&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1#page/83/mode/1up

@medievodons #palaeography #insularMSS #medieval

The #initials in this #eighth-century copy of Pliny from the British Isles are stupendous. The one with the white line down the middle would have taken forever to do: the white line is achieved by filling in the brown colour on either side.

Source: https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/4125824?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=95735198b647fd95b8af&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1#page/83/mode/1up

@medievodons #palaeography #insularMSS #medieval

больше ЛГБТ #LGBTQ #literas #initials #signs #fonts #books #fairytales #Teremok #hypersemiotization #semioticvigilance #MW

Cosmic Alphabet A ©️2024 by Rafael Salazar.
Witness the beauty of language in a celestial symphony.
☪️ Find me here: https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/cosmic-alphabet-a-rafael-salazar.html

#art #artmatters #thehashtagteam #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #BuyIntoArt #cosmic #alphabet #initials #letters #flipboard @FlipboardUserGroup @Flipboard #mastodon #mastoart #mastoartist #artbooster

Cosmic Alphabet A ©️2024 by Rafael Salazar.
Witness the beauty of language in a celestial symphony.
☪️ Find me here: https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/cosmic-alphabet-a-rafael-salazar.html

#art #artmatters #thehashtagteam #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #BuyIntoArt #cosmic #alphabet #initials #letters #flipboard @FlipboardUserGroup @Flipboard #mastodon #mastoart #mastoartist #artbooster

Cosmic Alphabet Letter B ©️2024
Great for Children's bedrooms as the alphabet dances in the cosmic realm.
☪️ Find me at: https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/cosmic-alphabet-b-rafael-salazar.html

#artmatters #thehashtagteam #buyintoart #art #artist #fediart #fedigiftshop #mastoart #mastodon #fediverse #flipboard @FlipboardUserGroup @Flipboard #cosmic #alphabet #b #letters #initials #rafaelsalazar

Cosmic Alphabet Letter B ©️2024
Great for Children's bedrooms as the alphabet dances in the cosmic realm.
☪️ Find me at: https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/cosmic-alphabet-b-rafael-salazar.html

#artmatters #thehashtagteam #buyintoart #art #artist #fediart #fedigiftshop #mastoart #mastodon #fediverse #flipboard @FlipboardUserGroup @Flipboard #cosmic #alphabet #b #letters #initials #rafaelsalazar