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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve never come across them, but I feel pretty certain that the additional tail is a separate piece of type from the letter itself. I am curious to see the responses about this!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Brian Bethel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 25, 2021 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> dcrm-l@lib.byu.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [DCRM-L] Interesting letterforms<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Hello all -- <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I'm curious if anyone has come across the 'a' and 'e' letterforms shared in the images above. They are almost exclusively used at the right-most position of each line, the exception being the image
shared above where the 'e' is at the end of the sentence but not the right-most position of the line. My initial assumption was that the letterforms were for spacing purposes, but with the inconsistent usage, I'm not totally sure.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The item in question is a papal bull printed in Bologna in 1718 by the heirs of Vittorio Benacci at the Stamparia Camerale. Any insights would be most welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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