1. See B, 2 and 3.
2. See C, 3 and 4.
3. The lower limb in E, L (and Z) is often drawn out: these, however, are properly to be regarded as occasional or special [p282] forms: the lower serif of this type commonly points out (see figs. [206], [188]).
4. E’s three arms (& F’s two) are approximately equal in length in the best early forms ([Plate II.], &c.).
F
1. See B, 2.
2. See C, 3 and 4 (and E, 4 above).
3. One or more (the development of the letter and tradition may decide which) of the free stems of A, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, V, W, X, Y may be drawn out for occasional forms (see fig. [188]).
4. The elongated stems of F, I, J, P, T, Y may hang below the line, or they may (occasionally) stand on the line and overtop the other letters.