The style of lettering is uncial - and it's very old. It was used prior to the invention of upper and lower case. Remember my rant about majuscule and minuscule - the early names for upper and lower case? Well uc and lc refer to typesetting when the typesetters had cases that were one above the other - and that came centuries after uncial. Uncial only has the option of one letter. Some look a little more like capitals and some look a little more like lower case.
You can see how Leslie stretched the h in cheers a little bit more than you might see in a historical document. That's the fun you can have with hand lettering. And then there are half-uncials. We could delve into all kinds of details - but we won't today. We are just going to admire the loveliness.
And, for now, we are going to have a rant free day.
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No rant today - however, one of our faithful exchangers alerted me to this article about the USPS situation.
No rant today - however, one of our faithful exchangers alerted me to this article about the USPS situation.
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