lettering by the same designer, shown in 205,
is a successful solution of a difficult problem, and, together with the
book cover, will serve to exhibit the possibilities of this style of
Script.

Mr. George Wharton Edwards is another modern designer who has a penchant
for the Script form. He uses one distinctive and personal style of it in
which the larger letters are formed by two black lines separated by a
narrow white space, as exhibited in 198.

The lines from an advertisement, 197, by Mr. Claude Fayette Bragdon, in
which Script, Italic and Roman letters are combined, are of especial
interest from the easy manner in which the three different styles have been
adapted to each other and made to harmonize in one small panel, [198] while
still preserving an appropriate Georgian aspect. The interlacement and
flourishing, too, are handled with commendable restraint.

Few modern artists have so successfully treated Italic capitals with Script
freedom as Mr. Will Bradley. Sometimes employing forms of Italic capitals
and small letters little removed from type, he will again give us an
example of his handiwork in which Italic is used with examplary freedom, as
is shown in the specimen from a book catalogue, 109. The modern trick of
wide spacing often lends itself aptly to the swing and freedom of the
swashed and flourished lines of Script, as may be seen in figure 207.

An excellent modern Script letter, adapted from a design by Mr. Frank
Hazenplug, is shown in 206. Its heavy face and originality of form make it
a useful and pleasing variant.

[Illustration: 208. MODERN AMERICAN TITLE. ANONYMOUS]

[Illustration: 209. MODERN AMERICAN TITLE. EDWARD PENFIELD]

The magazine heading, by an anonymous designer, 208, and the line from the
pen of Mr. Edward Penfield, 209, suggest still other useful varieties of
the Script form.

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CHAPTER V

TO THE BEGINNER

The beginner in any art or craft is likely to have an undue respect for the
mere instruments of his trade. He will eventually learn that tools play a
much less important part in his work than he at first thinks; but, as it is
unlikely that any sudden change in human nature will occur, it seems as
well to devote here some consideration to the tools which the student will
always believe to be an important part of his equipment. He will ultimately
ascertain for himself what is best adapted to his own individual needs.