[DCRM-L] [External] Interesting letterforms

[Nicholas Sparks]

Agreed, at first sight Italian the highlighted letters in these examples
are serving as space fillers used at irregular line endings both for
purposes of justification and for aesthetic effect.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 at 6:27 am, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu>
wrote:

> 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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> Deborah J Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Senior Cataloger | Folger Shakespeare
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Shoemaker,
> Elizabeth Anne
> *Sent:* Monday, 25 October, 2021 15:07
> *To:* DCRM Users' Group <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [DCRM-L] [External] Interesting letterforms
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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!
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> Beth
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> Beth Shoemaker
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> Rare Book Librarian
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> Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library
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> Emory University
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> *From:* DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> *On Behalf Of *Brian Bethel
> *Sent:* Monday, October 25, 2021 1:40 PM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* [External] [DCRM-L] Interesting letterforms
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> Hello all --
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> 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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> 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!
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> Thanks,
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> Brian Bethel
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> Rare Books Cataloger, Stanford University Special Collections
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> Brian Bethel
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*Nicholas Sparks, M.Lib, PhD (Cantab)*
Reviews Editor, *Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of
Australia and New Zealand*
<http://www.bsanz.org/publications/script-and-print/>
Honorary Associate Medieval and Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney
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