Letter e · secretary hand
Reversed e
Also called reverse e, theta e, backward e
Unit 2very common
The pen starts at the top left, runs down the back and round anticlockwise into a loop, and leaves from the waist: the result looks like a backwards e or a Greek theta.
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the reversed 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
Write itWatch, trace and copy