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340 no serifs or projecting ends to take up space. The above is not by any means the narrowest letter of the kind, but will serve as an indication of the style.

Fig. 68 shows the character given in Fig. 67 in a lighter

form, and is perhaps one of the most elegant letters of the kind. It may be used plain, or with the addition of thickness and shading.

In Fig. 69 is given the Roman character, the most elegant of all those in use, and requiring the greatest care in

outlining. It is not well fitted for distant situations, for as such a large proportion of the lines are fine, the whole of the letter does not strike the eye equally, nor is it, when the fine lines are properly rendered, well adapted for shading or for raising by means of thickness; it will, of course,