Capital S · secretary hand
Round S
Unit 2
A small round S of loops.
When is it a capital?
A capital S is a large flat or looped shape at the start of a word; long s is never a capital, and a large sigma s at word end is not either.
Model letter
In practice lines
Every capital S below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another capital S.
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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