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Term to refer to a letter's shape

*Alphabets and Numerals*(1909).
Letters carved byEric Gill for a book,*"Manuscript and Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes and for the Use of Craftsmen"* (Edward Johnston 1909).^[1] He later gave them to theVictoria and Albert Museum so they could be used by students at theRoyal College of Art.

Aletterform,letter-form orletter form is a term used especially intypography,palaeography,calligraphy andepigraphy to mean aletter's shape. A letterform is a type ofglyph, which is a specific, concrete way of writing an abstractcharacter orgrapheme.

For example, medieval scholars may discuss the particular handwritten letterforms that distinguish one script from another.^[2]

The history of letterforms is discussed in fields of study relating to materials used in writing.Epigraphy includes the study of letterforms carved in stone or other permanent materials.Palaeography is the study of writing in ancient and medieval manuscripts.Calligraphy treats the letterforms of decorative writing, usually in ink. In the field oftypography,type design is the process of designingtypefaces that consist of sets of letterforms for use with metal print or computer. More broadly letterforms may be discussed wherever letters appear stylistically—ingraffiti for example.

In context

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Letterforms in alphabets:Arabic alphabet,Cyrillic script
Letterforms in calligraphy:Man'yōgana,Hentaigana
Letterforms in history:Long s,R rotunda
Letterforms in technology:Typeface,Computer printer

References

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^Edward Johnston (1909).Manuscript and Inscription Letters for Schools and Classes and for the Use of Craftsmen ... With 5 plates by A.E.R. Gill.OCLC 561934412.
^"Letterforms".Evolution of the Medieval Book. Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.