The Letter

75

Present Script

Fette Fraktur

Monotype Onyx

Helvetica Black

ITC Serif Gothic

Park Avenue

AG Old Face
Shaded

Caslon 3 Italic

Bembo

ITC Benguiat Bold

Poetica Chancery II

In contrast to the c, the design
of the e can be based on that of
the о because it shares the same
basic proportions and weight

OP

Bodoni

stress. The characteristic slanted
crossbar of old style roman de¬
signs reflects the angle at which
the chisel-edged brush is held if
the character is drawn calli¬
graphically. If the crossbar is
horizontal to the baseline, it is
almost always positioned
slightly above the median point
of the x-height.