Letter e · secretary hand
Italic e
Also called modern e, looped e
Unit 2Mostly later handscommon later
The modern looped e from the italic hand; frequent in mixed hands from about 1600.
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the italic e, trace it stroke by stroke, then copy it.
In practice lines
Every e below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another e.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
Practise this letter Unit 2 · Meet e
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