N, the American cursive letter n
N, the American cursive letter n
N is the 14th letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedN n
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 71
small · p. 46
capital · p. 71small · p. 46Sounds liken (/n/)
PrintedN n
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 71small · p. 46
capital · p. 71small · p. 46Sounds liken (/n/)
In words
Sunday
Sunday ·
January
January ·
kindly
kindly ·
Easy to confuse with
Looks like r (r)
In a fast hand r, v and n collapse into the same hump. Count the humps: n has two.
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
N, named “en”, is the 14th 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.