Canadian printer & publisher . ye sees various tonesprinted upon the page, which convey a pictorialimpression by means of light and shade. It is important to note that pictorial repre-sentation and decoration serve each a differentpurpose in printing. Because the mechanicalmeans for producingeither one is the same (aprinting surface), con-fusion sometimes existsas to their use. Thepictorial is used as anillustration for the text,or for its own , or orna-ment, may be used tobeautify the page, as apattern on its flat sur-face, and may be re-lated to the text, butvery rarely se
Canadian printer & publisher . ye sees various tonesprinted upon the page, which convey a pictorialimpression by means of light and shade. It is important to note that pictorial repre-sentation and decoration serve each a differentpurpose in printing. Because the mechanicalmeans for producingeither one is the same (aprinting surface), con-fusion sometimes existsas to their use. Thepictorial is used as anillustration for the text,or for its own , or orna-ment, may be used tobeautify the page, as apattern on its flat sur-face, and may be re-lated to the text, butvery rarely serves as anillustration to expressits thouQ^ht. Figure 4 is a sectionof a decorative head-band designed for usewith the Benedictinetvpe series. The leaves,stems, and flowers ofwhich it is designed arearranged as a flat pat-tern. These same leaves,etc., have been drawnas a picture in Figure picture not onlyshows the form of thenatural objects but itsugrrests depth, or thick-ness. throuQ-h the illu-sion of light and A photograph of these same forms, repro-duced, would be still more realistic. The flattreatment of Figure 4 depends for its interestupon the arrangement of masses of black andwhite, and the graceful flow of line throughoutthe surface. It is purely decorative. Figure 1 is reproduced from a photographwhich might be used as an illustration. Figure 2 has been redrawn from this photo-graph as a design, an arrangement of flat masseswhich lies flat upon the surface of the paper,and yet tells the story conveyed by the photo-graph. The accompanying illustrations are givenas a warning against the use of pictures, how-ever pleasing, as decorative material. Thesame masses of shadow and light which expressroundness or depth in a photograph or otherpicture, may be arranged into decorative flatmasses, and thus be embodied in the design ofa page. The page of type and decoration mustappear flat upon the surface of the paper. Unfortunately, much of the so-calleddecorative
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