2. this form is sometimes associated with an ornamental cross-bar (fig. [189]).
3. H and N may slightly widen out above.
I
1. The stem may be drawn out above or below (F, 3 and 4).
2. See J, 2.
J
1. The stem or tail may be drawn out (F, 3 and 4).
2. Note.—With regard to the use of I for J (and V for U): this is associated so much with the Latin usage, that it is perhaps permissible still in Latin.[70] But for modern English, in which these letters are strongly differentiated, the tailed J and the round U are to be preferred. Besides the suspicion of affectation attaching to the other mode, its strangeness gives an appearance of awkwardness—almost amounting to illegibility—to common words, such as “A QVAINT IVG” or “IAM IAR.” And, at the least, very careful [p284] discrimination is desirable: “IVBILATE” may pass, but “IVIVBE” is not really readable.
3. The tail of the J may be slight, provided it be distinct, and the second stem of the U may match the first (fig. [158]); the ugly
