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214:(ęť›), "rounded r", is an old letter variant commonly used in rotunda scripts and other blackletter typefaces. It is thought that this variant form of that letter was originally devised either to save space while writing on expensive parchment or for aesthetic reasons.
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blackletter known as rotunda, as it was less angular than in northern centres. The most usual form of
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Calligraphic writing of the word "Rotunda" in the
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556:Glagolitic
501:Beneventan
481:Visigothic
374:References
362:Round hand
352:Penmanship
302:Court hand
99:April 2013
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1780:Typefaces
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628:Secretary
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573:Lombardic
549:BosanÄŤica
538:Poluustav
448:European
444:Types of
388:"Rotunda"
287:Book hand
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1754:Category
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1135:Ascender
995:All caps
957:Rotation
952:Ligature
947:Ink trap
672:Skoropis
613:Humanist
603:Chancery
521:Georgian
516:Bastarda
402:16 March
392:Typohile
342:Law hand
277:Bastarda
249:See also
241:Italian
1580:Hinting
1457:Pangram
1275:Insular
1248:Rotunda
1243:Fraktur
1208:Antiqua
1094:Kerning
1063:Oblique
1058:Italics
1005:Initial
937:Dingbat
927:Counter
873:Leading
660:Kurrent
633:Library
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457:Ancient
450:scripts
317:Cursive
243:rotunda
236:rotunda
224:Italian
196:Unicode
146:Rotunda
83:scholar
1623:Arabic
1522:Cicero
1360:Hyphen
1345:Bullet
1306:script
1280:Uncial
1213:Didone
977:Tittle
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810:Column
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618:Italic
591:Modern
476:Uncial
471:Rustic
306:a.k.a.
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1517:Agate
1377:Space
1203:Serif
1104:Pitch
967:Swash
942:Glyph
883:River
653:Ronde
623:Round
535:Ustav
526:Greek
466:Roman
204:fonts
90:JSTOR
76:books
1645:Thai
1559:Twip
1542:Pica
1497:list
1477:Sort
1405:Font
1350:Dash
1336:List
1048:Bold
898:runt
797:Page
404:2020
210:The
194:The
183:and
144:The
62:news
45:by
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1527:Em
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