One method of arranging gold-tooled lines is to treat them in design as if they were wires in tension, and knot and twist them together. Provided the idea is consistently adhered to throughout, such a pattern is often very successful.
Fig. 112.
A simple arrangement of straight lines will be sufficient ornamentation for most books. Three schemes for such ornamentation are shown. In [fig. 112] the “tie-downs” may be in “blind” and the lines in gold. The arrangement shown at [fig. 113] leaves a panel at the top which may be utilised for lettering.
Fig. 113.
