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lettera: The letter “A” for example as a decorative initial or drop cap (drop capital letter).

lettera: The letter “U” for example as a decorative initial or drop cap (drop capital letter). Note that U and V were used interchangeably in older alphabets.

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Images from Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown, Boston, 1921.

A note printed immediately after the title and impressions pages starts out, “This book is intended for those who have felt the need of a varied collection of alphabets of standard forms, arranged for convenient use.”

Letter A from “Alphabet after Serlio”

Letter A from “Alphabet after Serlio”

Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

The letter A taken from Fig. 1.

Keywords: lettera, initials, lettering

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Added: 2006-02-22

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A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th Century

A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th Century

Letters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “A” “B” “C” and “D” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The C is not very legible by modern standards.

Keywords: lettera, letterb, letterc, letterd, alphabets, blackletter, calligraphy

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Added: 2007-08-28

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