Checkley: Salem Letterform Comparisons

Letterform Comparisons

Dd
	Miniscule d has often a looped ascender, tilted to the left	Unidentified (Scribe th)
	The ascender of d curves back almost horizontally	Simon Willard
	Two forms of capital D -- one with a looped ascender and an enlarged initial curve (see Tannenbaum 1930:99 No 4), another looking like an elongated "O"	unidentified (scribe D)
	The ascender of the word-final d sometimes flourished; this could indicate a more formal register	unidentified (scribe D)
	Capital D has a vertical cross-stroke	Andrew Elliot
	Word-initial d often has a looped ascender	Stephen Sewall
	two forms of word-final d (cf Tannenbaum p. 36 no 4 and no 8)	unidentified (scribe &)
	In d the ascender is long and curved to the left	unidentified (scribe tilde)
	Minuscule d has a large loop	unidentified (scribe Depoestion)
	Miniscule d has ascender which spirals in on itself to the left	Dudley Bradstreet
	Ascender of d often ends in an elaborated loop	Edward Payson
	Ascender of minuscule d long and almost horizontally curved to the left (no loop)	Jonathan Putnam
	no loop in ascender of d	Unidentified (MMB #3)