Figure 178
Luce’s Employment of his Types and Ornaments
From Luce’s Essai d’une Nouvelle Typographie, Paris, 1771
1771
The “approbation” which Luce’s book received in 1771 politely says that his fonts “prove to amateurs that the art of Garamond is susceptible of perfection.” The Académie des Sciences in 1772 also commended especially the merit and ingenuity of his ornaments, which could be made up into head-bands, allegorical cartouches, and tail-pieces at will; could be printed with the type, and were of even colour with the typography—never the case when borders were engraved on copper, which was, moreover, much more costly.