Baltimore Initials 1832No. eight-line-pica-fluted-y

Eight Line Pica Fluted letter Y

  • letter
  • Y
  • y
  • initial
  • decorated
  • eight-line-pica-fluted
  • fluted
  • bruce1828

Specimen PDF page 137 (unnumbered leaf).

A specimen of printing types, and ornaments cast in the letterfoundry of George Bruce (1828), unpaginated; PDF page 137, archive leaf 136

Monochrome SVG
Monochrome icon font
Use this icon in HTML

Download the web bundle (ZIP), unzip it, then place the extracted collection folder beside your HTML file. Keep its subfolders together. The examples below will then work as written; adjust the paths if you put the folder elsewhere. The bundle includes the SVGs, PNGs, fonts, CSS, instructions and license.

Monochrome image

This displays the monochrome artwork with a transparent background. Set the height; the width follows the original proportions.

<img src="collection/baltimore-initials-1832/svg/bruce-1828-p137-eight-line-pica-fluted-y.svg"
     alt="Eight Line Pica Fluted letter Y" height="96">

An image has its own colour context, so page CSS cannot recolour its internal regions. For a decorative image beside a text label, use alt="".

SVG with your own colours

On an HTTP(S) page, load the sprite from the same site. This complete example uses dark primary ink and two strengths of red. Each region has an independent colour and opacity; set the secondary and tertiary values alike for a two-tone appearance.

<style>
  .revival-cut {
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 96px;
    height: 1em;
    width: 0.941406em;
    vertical-align: middle;
    --fr-primary-color: #24251f;
    --fr-secondary-color: #a5422c;
    --fr-tertiary-color: #a5422c;
    --fr-primary-opacity: 1;
    --fr-secondary-opacity: 0.55;
    --fr-tertiary-opacity: 0.25;
  }
</style>
<svg class="revival-cut" role="img" aria-label="Eight Line Pica Fluted letter Y">
  <use href="collection/baltimore-initials-1832/web/icons.svg#bruce-1828-p137-eight-line-pica-fluted-y"></use>
</svg>

Monochrome icon font

Copy the whole web/ folder, including CSS and webfonts. Font size and colour use ordinary CSS. The icon font draws the solid version; use SVG for three-tone artwork.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="collection/baltimore-initials-1832/web/icons.css">
<span class="fr-icon fr-bruce-1828-p137-eight-line-pica-fluted-y" aria-hidden="true"
      style="font-size:96px;color:#a5422c"></span>
<span>Eight Line Pica Fluted letter Y</span>

The decorative font icon is hidden from screen readers and has a visible text label. An icon conveying meaning on its own needs role="img" and an aria-label instead of aria-hidden.

Compare with the historical impressionHistorical scan beside the three-tone and monochrome vector revivals