Y, the American cursive letter y
Y, the American cursive letter y
Y is the 25th letter of the English alphabet. It is drawn here in American school cursive, with the copperplate form beside it.
PrintedY y
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866
capital · p. 68
small · p. 56
capital · p. 68small · p. 56Sounds likey (/j/)
PrintedY y
Formscopperplatecopperplate capital
Printed 1866capital · p. 68small · p. 56
capital · p. 68small · p. 56Sounds likey (/j/)
In words
Sunday
Sunday ·
family
family ·
quickly
quickly ·
copperplate
copperplate capital
History
Y, named “wy”, is the 25th 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.