R, the American cursive letter r
R, the American cursive letter r
R is the 18th letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedR r
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 77
small · p. 50
capital · p. 77small · p. 50Sounds liker (/r/)
PrintedR r
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 77small · p. 50
capital · p. 77small · p. 50Sounds liker (/r/)
In words
mother
mother ·
father
father ·
dear
dear ·
Easy to confuse with
Looks like n (n)
In a fast hand r, v and n collapse into the same hump. Count the humps against the word: n has two.
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
R, named “ar”, is the 18th 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.