#Initials

[cuties-in-codices]

entanglements

full-page "L" initial from the "troppauer evangeliar" (the evangeliary made by johannes of troppau), prague, c. 1368

source: Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 1182, fol. 2r

[violet-foxe]

Oh. My. Gosh.

I just found out that Bruce Wayne's middle name is Thomas.

His initials are BTW. FREAKING BTW.

I'm just imagining that he wrote his initials down on something as a signature and Tim sees and just stares at him for a long moment before opening the family group chat

Tim: btw

Jason: by the way what?

Tim: btw, btw is Bruce's initials

Tim: none of us have figured this out before.

Tim: we have failed as detectives

[riesenfeldcenter]

A mixed bag of letters and animals (featuring a couple of dragons!) from a beautiful 1525 book of Canon law. Someone please make these decorated initials into Bananagrams tiles.

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Today, we complete the initials from Some Examples of the Work of American Designers, edited and arranged by J. M. Bowles. Shown here from top to bottom are:

A - Ralph Fletcher Seymour

C - Walter D. Teague

M - Guernsey Moore

O - Frederic Goudy

P - Charles E. Howell

T - Egbert G. Jacobson

W - Carlton D. Ellinger

Y - Bruce Rogers

Some Examples of the Work of American Designers was printed in Philadelphia by Edward Stern & Co. for Dill & Collins Co. Papermakers in 1918 on thirty styles of paper manufactured by Dill & Collins Co in Philadelphia.

View our previous post on initials from this volume.

View our other Typography Tuesday posts.

[poetryofmuses]

I was so obsessed with him, I used to write his initials on my wrist.

[dozydawn]

[taytaay131313]

K.K & T.S 👯‍♀️

[kwyw]

Not the K+T boots shown with the dancing in the snowglobe… 😏

(Plus the fox peeking out of the boots… the I Know Places/Cowboy Like Me of it all…)

[oldinterneticons]

[hardcorecoiledwirefacilityowner]

MAN YOUR TAPE RELATED COMPUTERS MUST BE SPINNING AND WHIRING TRYING TO COUNT THE HARD ASSETS HERE JUST FOR THE INITIAL REPORT. MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CATCH ON FIRE SPINNING SO MUCH SO FAST. ARE YOU SURE THOSE AREN'T PUNCH CARD RELATED COMPUTE DEVICOS?

Devise

DEVICE

DEVICES

VCR VCR DVD DVD CD CD COMPACT DISC CD COMPACT DISC CD INITIALS ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS

[adrianainla]

Te Amo

[cuties-in-codices]

various types of guys in initials

in the "chansonnier de zeghere van male", an illuminated songbook, bruges, c. 1542

source: Cambrai, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 128

[maraudersoncrack1981]

I was talking to my mum about these rings we found were you could get custom initials on them and I told her if I got one I'd get the initials R S J P on it and I asked her if she knew why and she just sighed, shook her head and asked me why I was so obsessed with the marauders, I looked her dead in the eyes, shrugged and said "dead gay wizards"

She's never looked more disappointed in me

[vulturesouls]

Initial V: Abraham Ousting Hagar and Her Son Ishmael

Getty Museum Ms. 46 (92.MK.92), fol. 4

from the Bute Psalter created in Paris, France, text and illumination about 1285

By the Bute Master (Franco-Flemish, active about 1260 - 1290), illuminator

Tempera colors, gold, and iron gall ink

[uwmspeccoll]

Typography Tuesday

Last month, the Milwaukee Public Library's Arts & Media Department held its first Art Book Club session. Intended as an informal art book appreciation club that meets once a month in the Art, Music, and Recreation room, each session explores a different theme by looking at the wide variety of art materials in the collection. The collection is historical, non-circulating, and vast. I attended and spent an hour and a half mesmerized by the array of luscious materials presented.

There was design, architecture, fashion, and much more. As a type nerd, I was especially drawn to the several late 19th- and early 20th-century type specimen books on the tables. Here, for example, are some pages of chromatic initials by various European and American companies from Schriften Atlas, compiled by Ludwig Petzendorfer and published in Stuttgart by Julius Hoffmann in 1898.

MPL held its second Art Book Club session on the theme of "Animals" last night, but I missed it because I was conducting an evening instruction session. Dang! But I'll be attending future sessions when I can and I'll keep y'all apprised.

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-- MAX, Head, Special Collections