The New Banner Book. Betty Wolfe

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      This style of letters is called UNCIAL and is adapted from medieval handwritten letter forms and designed bold to be appropriate for cutting from fabric. The letters tend to be rather elegant and are spaced very close together, sometimes touching.

      The letters below are lowercase, designed for banners. There are no caps.

      Suggestion: Enlarge the letters on a copy machine. Although there is no standard height for letters on banners, they should be at least 2½" to 3" tall.

       For more formal or traditional style banners, use UNCIAL or VERSAL letters. The forms below are adapted from medieval pen letters for cutout letters.

      Characteristics of

      1 Round forms are used for D, E, H, M, N, P, T, U, and W.

      2 The vertical strokes are thick; the horizontals are thin.

      3 The ascending strokes of D, H, K, and L go above the letter line. The descending strokes of J, P, Q, and Y go below the letter line.

      Characteristics of

      These are based on roman letter forms (page 10), but they were handwritten letters, and each scribe developed his own style and proportions.