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A, B, C, D from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & 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.

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E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “E” “F” “G” “H” “I” “J” “K” and “L” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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M, N, O, P, Q, T from English Gothic Letters 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Letters “M” “N” “O” “P” “Q” and “T” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The M is not very legible by today’s standards, but might work as an initial letter or drop cap.

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Letters R and S from English gothic Letters, 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) inital letters “R” and “S” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. They appear as part of the phrase “Tomb of Richard Second” and are not repeated in the alphabet. I ha [...]

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Letters U V W X Y and Z from English gothic Letters, 15th CenturyLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) inital letters “U” “V” “W” “X” “Y” and “Z” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. It is possible that the author of the modern (1921) book added the J, the U and possibl [...]

Keywords: calligraphy, blackletter, letteru, letterv, letterw, letterx, lettery, letterz, greyscale

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Calligraphic letter “A” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter A from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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Calligraphic letter “B” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter B from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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Calligraphic letter “C” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter C from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The counters have reversed oak leaves drawn inside them. Note, this letter probably looks more like a T or J to most mode [...]

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Calligraphic letter “D” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter D from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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Calligraphic letter “E” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter E from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. It would be fairly esay to turn this letter into an “F” if you wanted, too.

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Calligraphic letter “F” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “F” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. The doubled “f” to indicate a majiscule, or capital, letter, fell out of use probably by the end of the 16th century, e [...]

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Calligraphic letter “H” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “H” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

This is a capital H, even though the form is closer to a modern lower-case (small) h.

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Calligraphic letter “L” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter L from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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Calligraphic letter “U” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “U” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

Note that U and V were generally reversed in older usage, so that this was probably a V rather than a U originally.

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Calligraphic letter “V” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “V” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

Note that U and V were generally reversed in older usage, so that this was probably a U rather than a V originally.

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Calligraphic letter “X” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “X” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century. A large ‘X” for a decorative initial is relatively unusual since there are not many passages starting with X in English [...]

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Calligraphic letter “Y” in 15th century gothic styleLetters & Lettering: A Treatise With 200 Examples (1921)

Black-letter (Old English) letter “Y” from English gothic Letters, 15th Century.

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