GBFranklin_block-i calligraphy

GBFranklin_block-i calligraphy

In older books, the first letter of a chapter was often ornately decorated, as in this example from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.

From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. New York: Holt & Co., 1916. Project Gutenberg. Web. 25 Aug. 2014.

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