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Letter column from Jumbo Comics #99 (May 1947). A comic book letter column is a section of an American comic book where readers' letters to the publisher appear. Comic book letter columns are also commonly referred to as letter columns (or lettercols), letter pages, letters of comment (LOCs), or simply letters to the editor.
One of Ralph Beyer's Tablets of the Words in Coventry Cathedral. The plaque for the William Wordsworth Sesquicentenary, Rydal Mount, Cumbria, by John Shaw. Letter cutting is a form of inscriptional architectural lettering closely related to monumental masonry and stone carving, often practised by artists, sculptors, and typeface designers.
Trophies have marked victories since ancient times. The word trophy, coined in English in 1550, was derived from the French trophée in 1513, "a prize of war", from Old French trophee, from Latin trophaeum, monument to victory, variant of tropaeum, which in turn is the latinisation of the Greek τρόπαιον (), [3] the neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaios), "of defeat" or "for defeat ...
Additionally, a column features a standard heading, known as a title, and a byline with the author's name at the top. Newspapers usually print all articles organised in narrow columns of many lines of text; the term column as discussed in this article is distinct from, though derived from, this layout description.
The engraved names of the 2000–01 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. This article lists a chronology of Stanley Cup engravings.A unique feature of the Stanley Cup is that, with few exceptions in the past, it is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved on it, [1] but this has not always been the case as ...
A punch (left) and the respective matrix produced from it (right). The small letters at the base of the matrix are founders marks. Punchcutting is a craft used in traditional typography to cut letter punches in steel as the first stage of making metal type. [1]
Anonymous artist's rendition of the Belmont Cup, 1896. The trophy was designed by Paulding Farnham at the behest of August Belmont Jr.. Tiffany & Co. was commissioned by August Belmont Jr. in 1896 [2] to create a silver cup in memory of his late father August Belmont, the namesake of the Belmont Stakes, to be presented to the winner of the 1896 event. [3]
The capitals on Trajan's Column have long been an inspiration to many artists and students of lettering. [5] [6] The calligrapher and type designer Edward Johnston in his book Writing & Illuminating & Lettering (1906) wrote that "the Roman capitals have held the supreme place among letters for readableness and beauty. They are the best forms ...