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New 09:13
It's sad, isn't it
New 11:36
Arrow, if you there can you check this thread: http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread....ian-Era-Letter
New 14:06
That is a tricky one
New 14:10
I have not come across them yet.
New 14:11
I have had documents from arond 1780s to 1912 the last four weeks
New 14:11
well, 1940s in one case
New 14:13
Yazeh, can you read the letters in the last word in one of the text,
New 14:13
Superintendent?
New 14:13
The word next to the red arrow
New 14:14
to me it looks like German double s
New 14:17
contact a local Manuscript library, with historic books and documents.
New 15:33
It's not mine. Someone posted it on the forum
New 15:33
As you work with manuscripts, I thought you might be able to decipher it...
New 18:19
It helps a lot if you have more of a text when you read handwriting
New 18:19
The p is sort of tall in some writing styles
New 18:20
in some r and i is nearly indistiguishable, since it is the same shape, just a bit more narrow curves
New 18:21
in some hand writing a minor f, s and h are very similar
New 18:22
e and an can be confusing
New 18:22
sorry, e and n
New 18:22
so, perBreve?
New 18:23
prBreve
New 18:24
Do you know of any style where V goes below the line?
New 18:25
there is f, h, p, q, x, y, z in some styles, but I can`t think if a v
New 18:26
j too
New 18:27
they tend to have capital letters in nouns, so maybe pr, is sort of a minor prefix
New 19:00
The last letter in the red arrow word: it has a sweeping finish, a swirly line of the nib
New 20:46
It is not very common, but I have seen letters like ß and Æ used in 19. century English writing
New 21:26
I have seen quite a few uses of linguistic ligatures in 20th century English. I bemoan the passing of their usage. My moaning aside, here's an essay that I found interesting about ligatures:
New 21:26
https://www.teklibri.com/linguistic-ligatures-in-english/