Excerpt from A Text-Book of DesignThe authors believe that this book will prove of value to beginners in the study of design who are not ready for work of an advanced character and that it will recommend itself as well to those who have gone deeper into the subject. Any statement or theory worthy the name must relate itself constantly to practice. If one is compelled to depart from theory in order to practice successfully, that point of depart ure marks a weakness in the theory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.