Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/9eeb59e5-ceb3-46cd-87cd-dacdcf74b2ec

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7ff72257-873f-42bb-809a-f44118421197

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Ernst Schneidler, from Deutsche Märchen seit Grimm (1919).

Source: University of Connecticut Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c59bbd30-9248-4696-8c85-4e62b6e51a65

#initials #typography #design #lettering #art #publicdomain

Unfortunate woman reveals the funny reason she can't have monogrammed clothing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/funny-initials-ex1

Today's #genuary prompt is to write "Genuary" without using a font. I'm always intrigued by those "Inhabited Initials" found in older books, where the first letter in a paragraph is drawn using fancy illustrations, so I attempted to write the word by pulling public domain images of these initials from Wikimedia Commons. Initially, I wanted to automate scraping of the images from the site, but the search results were too inconsistent (searching for "A" returns images of other letters too), so I ended up manually curating the images. Try your own words on my website:

https://codeismycanvas.art/posts/genuary26/initials.html

#genuary2026 #genuary5 #initials #inhabitedinitials #typography

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Rouam-MuseeArtistiqueVI/pages/162-2-letter-a-topless-woman-francois-hermann/

It’s all very French, an “inhabited initial” by François Emile Ehrmann with a topless woman, i think in a gillotage, a resin-based etching, made by Yves & Barret based on an engraving by Tilly. A team effort! The model who sat for the picture is not named.

Yesterday i posted the crescent moon here.

Etchings tend to feature blunter line-endings than engravings on metal.

#fobo #vintageArt #toplessWoman #fobo #barefoot #initials #letterA #dropCap #French #GIMP3 #Gimp_3

Illustration by Charles Mavelot, from Nouveau livre de differens cartouches, couronnes, casques, supports et tenans (1695).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8aa71cfd-fef7-4a8d-89ed-f13820dd88ad

#initials #decorations #heraldry #design #art #publicdomain

'Unfortunate' woman reveals hilarious reason she can never wear monogrammed clothing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/very-unfortunate-initials-ex1

31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for