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![[picture: Front Cover, Letters and Lettering]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-345x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, Letters and Lettering]")
Images from Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown, Boston, 1921.
A note printed immediately after the title and impressions pages starts out, “This book is intended for those who have felt the need of a varied collection of alphabets of standard forms, arranged for convenient use.”
Frank Chouteay Brown was an architect based in Boston; this book, Letters and Lettering, was for many American architects and designers their first introduction to Roman monumental capital letters. The book had five editions, of which the first was in 1902.
Title: Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples
City: Boston
Date: 1921
Total items: 76
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-A-D-q75-483x200.jpg "[picture: A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]")
A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th Century
Letters “A” “B” “C” and “D” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The C is not very legible by modern standards. [more...] [$]
![[picture: E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-E-L-q75-909x200.jpg "[picture: E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]")
E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L from English Gothic Letters 15th Century
Letters “E” “F” “G” “H” “I” “J” “K” and “L” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: M, N, O, P, Q, T from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-M-T-q75-826x200.jpg "[picture: M, N, O, P, Q, T from English Gothic Letters 15th Century]")
M, N, O, P, Q, T from English Gothic Letters 15th Century
Letters “M” “N” “O” “P” “Q” and “T” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The M is not very legible by today’s standards, but might work as an initial letter or drop cap. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Letters R and S from English gothic Letters, 15th Century]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-R-S-q75-283x200.jpg "[picture: Letters R and S from English gothic Letters, 15th Century]")
Letters R and S from English gothic Letters, 15th Century
Black-letter (Old English) inital letters “R” and “S” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. They appear as part of the phrase “Tomb of Richard Second” and are not repeated in the alphabet. I have left the “i” from “Richard” to give an idea for baseline positioning and relative size. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Letters U V W X Y and Z from English gothic Letters, 15th Century]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-U-Z-q75-833x200.jpg "[picture: Letters U V W X Y and Z from English gothic Letters, 15th Century]")
Letters U V W X Y and Z from English gothic Letters, 15th Century
Black-letter (Old English) inital letters “U” “V” “W” “X” “Y” and “Z” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. It is possible that the author of the modern (1921) book added the J, the U and possibly the Y and W when he drew them for the book. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``A'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-A-q97-112x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``A'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “A” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter A from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``B'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-B-q85-128x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``B'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “B” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter B from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``C'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-C-q90-140x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``C'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “C” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter C from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The counters have reversed oak leaves drawn inside them. Note, this letter probably looks more like a T or J to most modern readers, and if you flipped it, it would make a B. As a result, try to use [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``D'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-D-q90-139x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``D'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “D” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter D from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``E'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-E-q90-167x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``E'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “E” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter E from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. It would be fairly esay to turn this letter into an “F” if you wanted, too. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``F'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-F-q90-122x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``F'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “F” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter “F” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Calligraphic letter ``H'' in 15th century gothic style]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-LettersAndLettering/wm/big/179-English-Gothic-letters-15th-Century-letter-H-q75-98x200.jpg "[picture: Calligraphic letter ``H'' in 15th century gothic style]")
Calligraphic letter “H” in 15th century gothic style
Black-letter (Old English) letter “H” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. [more...] [$]
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