(B5) EMBELLISHMENT DEVELOPMENT

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I thought about adding some more details to the designs to add the impression of ornamental details. I remember seeing small details in the counters of O's in a lot of medieval manuscripts which led me to design my own letter embellishments. I was not sure whether to design them to fit in all the letters that have counters (for example; a, b and d) but, I did not want it to be too overwhelming. This addition of the embellishment gave a subtle hint at the ornamental decoration that the gothic buildings have.

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