Letter d · secretary hand
Looped d
Also called back-looped d, delta d
Unit 4very common
The bowl is made first; the back stroke then rises and loops over to the left, often continuing forward as a link.
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the looped d, trace it stroke by stroke, then copy it. Scribes wrote it in 2 ways; the usual one comes first.
In practice lines
Every d below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another d.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
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Write itWatch, trace and copy