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The top design (Baskerville Old Style in the common Microsoft release) is more suitable for headings and that below (Berthold's) with its thicker strokes for body text. Baskerville Old Style is based on Fry and Moore's recreation, distinguishable by the slightly different curve of its 'a'.
Westlake also claimed that the use of letters of well-written and eloquent individuals can be adapted to improve letter-writing style. [9] In the New London Fashionable Gentleman's Writer, is an example of the usage of letter writing as a collection of quaint correspondences between hopeful men and the ladies they wished to court. [11]
The Old English Latin alphabet generally consisted of about 24 letters, and was used for writing Old English from the 8th to the 12th centuries. Of these letters, most were directly adopted from the Latin alphabet , two were modified Latin letters ( Æ , Ð ), and two developed from the runic alphabet ( วท , Þ ).
Advocates of linguistic purism in English often look to older forms of English, including Old English, as a means of either reviving old words or coining new ones. A number of websites devoted to Modern Paganism and historical reenactment offer reference material and forums promoting the active use of Old English.
Spencerian script is a handwriting script style based on Copperplate script that was used in the United States from approximately 1850 to 1925, [1] [2] and was considered the American de facto standard writing style for business correspondence prior to the widespread adoption of the typewriter.
Covenant bond from 1623 written in Latin and English Secretary hand or script is a style of European handwriting developed in the early sixteenth century that remained common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for writing English , German , Welsh and Gaelic .
In 1948, the Beacon Journal published children’s letters to Santa Claus. The earnest notes offer a glimpse of childhood after World War II.
The Dictionary of Old English main workroom, 2011. The dictionary is available in 3 formats: [7] Dictionary of Old English: A to I online This site offers a limited number of free searches per year, then charges apply. Registration is required. Dictionary of Old English: A to H on CD-ROM; Dictionary of Old English: A to G on microfiche