[DCRM-L] [External] Interesting letterforms

[Deborah J. Leslie]

I thought "Italian" when I first saw them, even before I noticed that it was an Italian book. The first three images show them at the end of the line, which makes me wonder if these were used in aid of justification. Or just a final flourish because it looks nice. In any case, not unusual, and a single piece of type in order to get the continuous inking.

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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!
Beth

Beth Shoemaker
Rare Book Librarian
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library
Emory University

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Hello all --

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.

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!

Thanks,
Brian Bethel
Rare Books Cataloger, Stanford University Special Collections

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