M, the American cursive letter m
M, the American cursive letter m
M is the 13th letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedM m
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 71
small · p. 46
capital · p. 71small · p. 46Sounds likem (/m/)
PrintedM m
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 71small · p. 46
capital · p. 71small · p. 46Sounds likem (/m/)
In words
mother
mother ·
home
home ·
family
family ·
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
M, named “em”, is the 13th 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.