L, the American cursive letter l
L, the American cursive letter l
L is the 12th letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedL l
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 74
small · p. 55
capital · p. 74small · p. 55Sounds likel (/l/)
PrintedL l
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 74small · p. 55
capital · p. 74small · p. 55Sounds likel (/l/)
In words
letter
letter ·
love
love ·
family
family ·
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
L, named “el”, is the 12th of the 26 letters of the English alphabet. American letters, ledgers and census sheets of 1850 to 1950 were written in one of three taught hands: the older copperplate, Spencer's method and Palmer's.
The large pair is school cursive, cut from Playwrite US Trad. Beside it is the same letter in copperplate, cut from Pinyon Script.
Capital S and L are built on the same loop. Read the word, not the letter: the capital that starts a name is usually settled by the name.