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Letter m · secretary hand

M with a lead-in

Unit 5common

A long hairline from below enters the first minim.

Model letter

McKerrow (1927), fig. 22, no. 3 · public domain

In practice lines

Every m below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another m.

“decorum”
“himselfe;”
“mouth”
“may”
“from”
“seldome”
“accomodate”
“nominated”

Practice lines drawn in period hands

Don’t confuse it with

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Other forms of m

m of three minimspointed m
Model letters: R. B. McKerrow, An Introduction to Bibliography (1927); Jean de Beauchesne & John Baildon, A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands (1570 and 1581); Giovambattista Palatino, Libro nel qual s’insegna a scrivere (1550); and manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library; all public domain. They stand in until Leo’s own model letters are drawn. Secretary letters typeset in Joscelyn by Peter S. Baker (SIL Open Font License).