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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: 9
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...] [$]
![[picture: Stock block: deer skull]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/534-deer-skull-q75-300x200.jpg "[picture: Stock block: deer skull]")
![[picture: Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/533-engine-and-tender-q75-605x200.jpg "[picture: Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender]")
Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender
No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one. [more...] [$]
![[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...] [$]
![[picture: Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-TypographicOrnaments/wm/big/535-child-kneeling-with-flowers-and-butterflies-q75-202x200.jpg "[picture: Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette]")
Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette
This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of [...] [more...] [$]
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.
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