If you’re a lover of monograms, ciphers, and decorative initials, stop by Project Gutenberg and add Monograms & Ciphers to your resources! But then, I’m just as guilty of not using them accurately as anyone else is! In any case, the terms are rarely used accurately anymore, which I think is a shame. It’s an initial.Īnd a monogram differs from a cipher, according to Turbayne.Ī monogram is one unit of combined letters that can’t be taken apart – if you take them apart, you lose the letters.Ī cipher is a combination of letters in which the individual letters retain their individuality. Technically, a “monogram” is combination of letters that have become one (hence, “mono”gram) through the way they are combined.Īn individual letter – a decorative initial – is not technically a monogram. Today, we use the term “monogram” pretty loosely to describe any decorative letters (one initial, two initials combined, etc.) artistically rendered. For example, Turbayne takes pains to explain the difference between a monogram and cipher, a distinction that isn’t often clearly made anymore. There’s also good information in the book – though it is primarily a “picture” book. It’s loaded with combinations of letters drawn in various styles, so it’s a great pattern resource. There are many things to like about this book, if you like monograms. The book was reprinted several times – even by Dover in the 1960’s or so – and it’s available pretty widely online through used book sellers, for anywhere from $1 upwards for the Dover edition.īut the nice thing is, Monograms & Ciphers is also available on Project Gutenberg for free. It’s called Monograms & Ciphers, by Albert Angus Turbayne, who was an American designer of books in the late 1800’s – early 1900’s. Paul over on BibliOdyssey – a blog on books and illustration which I follow pretty faithfully – wrote about one of my favorite old books this week. In other words, I glutted on the whole monogram thing! Where you will unzip the file then transfer your format to your embroidery or cutting machine.For the past couple years, I’ve been on an unending quest to discover, read about, and explore everything I can on the subject of monograms.Īlong the way, I’ve collected a bunch of links to online sources, built up a little collection of monogram-related images on Pinterest, and bought a bunch of out-of-print, in print, rare, and easy-to-find books on the subject. Once payment completes, you will be able to download the designs from your account to your computer All designs are digital files available for INSTANT DOWNLOAD. NOTE: Cutting files are not used to cut fabric for the complimentary applique/embroidery design. Now offering cutting machine files for use with Silhouette, Cricut, and other cutting machines. Our embroidery fonts come in the 10 formats along with the BX format. Our embroidery designs come in 9 different formats:ĪRT, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, VIP, VP3, and XXX. Our designs are exclusive and unique you will not find our designs anywhere else.Īll of our designs are digitized manually then tested to ensure the highest possible quality. We also offer cutting files for use with cutting machines. Welcome to Creative Appliques! We offer professional quality digital machine embroidery designs, appliqué designs, embroidery fonts, and in-the-hoop designs to be used with an embroidery machine.
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