THE LETTERS show very strongly the effects of the “slanted pen” (see pp. [43], [305]). Note the heavy shoulders and feet in
, &c., and the thick horizontals in
, The curved tops or arches are flattish and strong: the thick strokes end in points and are hooked below, thin strokes scarcely appear except as the finishing strokes of
, while
end in small heavy hooks. Note generally the tendency to internal angles and external roundness (examples,
