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ANALYSIS OF ALPHABET AND
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loped whereas when the rigid right lines are insisted upon; the writing becomes strikingly precise, nervous and pleasing.
Fig. 41.
Class VII. contains the crotchet letters
Fig. 42.
The crotchet is not hard to make and the open form is preferable to the closed style as it is made with greater ease and imparts more freedom to writing, although in very rapid caligraphy it resolves itself into a mere angle. Both kinds however are in constant use.
Class VIII. The five remaining letters of the alphabet which form this group have no principle in common, nor can they conveniently enter into any other class.
Fig. 43.
The letter s rises above the other small letters as does also
