The great German artist’s geometric method for constructing Roman capital letters with compass and rule, drawn from his larger treatise on measurement. It marks the moment when letterforms were treated as a rigorous science of proportion.
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The great German artist’s geometric method for constructing Roman capital letters with compass and rule, drawn from his larger treatise on measurement. It marks the moment when letterforms were treated as a rigorous science of proportion.