—may be regarded as the ideal simple letter.
2. Very commonly, however, O is tilted—
—(see fig. [163]), and when this is the case, all the curved letters—B, C, D, G, P, Q, R, S, U—are correspondingly tilted (see [Plate II.]). The tilted form is more easily made, but both are good forms.
P
1. See B, 1 and 2.
2. See O, 2.
3. (P with stem below line (see [Plate IV.]) must not be allowed to confuse with D) (see F, 3 and 4). [p286]
4. The bow of P appears to be attached (to the stem) above: in certain forms it is slightly separated from the stem below: see [Plate II.]