Capital E · secretary hand
Long E
Unit 2
A flat, wide E with a long lead-in.
When is it a capital?
Look for extra bows or a bar and a height above the small letters; a large epsilon-shaped e can still be lower case.
Model letter
In practice lines
Every capital E below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another capital E.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
Practise this letter Taught in unit 2: e and s
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