U, the American cursive letter u
U, the American cursive letter u
U is the 21st letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedU u
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 68
small · p. 45
capital · p. 68small · p. 45Sounds likeu (/ʌ/)
PrintedU u
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 68small · p. 45
capital · p. 68small · p. 45Sounds likeu (/ʌ/)
In words
Sunday
Sunday ·
quickly
quickly ·
January
January ·
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
U, named “u”, is the 21st 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.