Typophile

Photos of the hedera in the wild

Peter G.

So I just read in Bringhurst's Elements that the hedera is one of the oldest typographic ornaments, "present in early Greek inscriptions" (p. 311).

By any chance, can anyone point me to a photo of the hedera in one of these ancient Greek inscriptions? I would love to see it's use in the wild.

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