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The typograpic ornaments and “stock blocks” or “stock cuts” here are taken from The Little Book of Typographic Ornament by David Jury (Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2015). I may add more later that are from other sources.
The book shows ornaments going back to the 1700s and includes access to download 300dpi digital images; these have been dithered, making them hard to re-use; I’ve processed them to give them clean edges.
Title: Typographic Ornaments
Published by: Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
City: London
Date: 1850
Total items: 10
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/524-scales-q75-231x200.jpg "[picture: stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.]")
stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.
In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Index, pointing hand, or manicule]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/699-index-or-manicule-q75-415x200.jpg "[picture: Index, pointing hand, or manicule]")
Index, pointing hand, or manicule
Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Index, manicule, or pointing hand]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/517-pointing-hand-354x200.jpg "[picture: Index, manicule, or pointing hand]")
Index, manicule, or pointing hand
Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Stock block: two dancing harlequins]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/521-two-harlequins-jesters-or-clowns-q75-216x200.jpg "[picture: Stock block: two dancing harlequins]")
Stock block: two dancing harlequins
This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one on the right wears a devil costume on his head and has a wide ruff or collar [...] [more...] [$]
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![[picture: stock block: Terrier woodcut]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/536-terrier-q75-202x200.jpg "[picture: stock block: Terrier woodcut]")
