Letter c · secretary hand
Italic c
Also called round c
Unit 3Mostly later handscommon later
The modern rounded c, taken from the italic hand; common in mixed hands after about 1600.
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the italic c, trace it stroke by stroke, then copy it.
In practice lines
Every c below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another c.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
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