ATF/ Dale Guild Williamsburg Ornaments

ATF/ Dale Guild Williamsburg Ornaments, originally uploaded by The Dale Guild Type Foundry.

Is it wrong to love metal type too much?

ATF / Troyer Ornament Matrices

ATF / Troyer Ornament Matrices, originally uploaded by typesticker.

This reminds me of the book I just reviewed about Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities. There's something so permanent and unyielding about these typographic ornaments from the past.

See more typographic ornaments at the Flickr group of the same name.