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Initial letter V with a mermaidBohemia Volume 2: Vltava (1884)

She’s a naked woman from head to knee, but then her legs become a twisted knotted tail with fins at the bottom. This mermaid is wearing a wreath or headdress of roses, a garland symbolising romance or [...]

Keywords: initial letters, letterv, mermaids, mermades, mythical creatures, spooky, women, people, nudity, fish, flowers, seduction, mythological creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2024-12-05

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Baroque Decorative Alphabet from AmsterdamVarious Initial Letters and Alphabets (1850)

Completed decorative alphabet from the Wetstein Foundry; these types were cut by Joan Michael Fleischman (1701–1768). I have closed up any gaps and filled the letters in blue, so that they are easier [...]

Keywords: alphabets, complete alphabets, initial letters, decorative initials, colour

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Added: 2020-07-28

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Ornamental Cpaitals from England, 19th CenturyVarious Initial Letters and Alphabets (1850)

These were reproduced in a book called Alphabets published by l’Aventurine. They would have been sold for use as dropped capitals at the start of chapters. I coloured them and straightened them somewh [...]

Keywords: alphabets, complete alphabets, initial letters, decorative initials, vignetted initials, colour

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Added: 2020-07-28

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Victorian antique style decorative alphabet from StuttgartVarious Initial Letters and Alphabets (1850)

Otto Weisert was a type-maker in Stuttgart, in Germany. Although he is best known today for the typeface Arnold Boecklin, he made many other designs; this one is Initialen No. 17, or Initial No.18. Th [...]

Keywords: alphabets, complete alphabets, decorative initials, initial letters, typography, greyscale

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Added: 2020-07-28

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