



:..T h:H I:. 



1 it will bo necessary i 



i.-t'iii!': u!>".:t it i i>r ;. .'.i! .us, on they aro g: . 



I, and 3i: 



:i tin remembered that in "largo text," thn distance 



i the liiion (t ti, l> }>, that contain what wo h.ivo culled the 



r ought to bo, exactly half an inch ; ami 



..en (In- lini-a o a, b b, tho distance 



-pccting any copy-Blip that ha* the letter 1 in it, it will 

 bo found tn. i- tu far bolow tho lino b b a* 



I of tho 



letter p which extends above tho line a a in longer by one-nix - 

 teen: li iian tho distance to which the letter t extend* 



above tbo *.! dUtance between the top of tho 



bottom-turn of the letter i and tho dot above it, aa may be wen 

 by examining Copy-slips NOR. 30 at: 



We have been thuu particular in dwelling upon the <tiitnotn 

 to which letters such u t, 1, h, p should extend above a a, or 



COPT-SLIP NO. 28. THE LETTER p. 



COPT-SLIP NO. 29. THE WORD hut. 



COPT-SLIP NO. 30. THE WORD put. 



COPT-BLIP NO. 31. THE WOED pin. 



between each of these lines and the central line, c c, is a quarter 

 of an inch. Now the distance between a a and the line / /, at 

 which the long straight stroke of tho letter p is commenced, is 

 also a quarter of on inch, and is equal to tho distance between 

 a a and c c, or between b b and c c. The distance between b b 

 ami </ <i, tho line at which tho long straight stroke terminates, is 

 rather less than half an inch, or, to speak in exact terms, just 

 seven-sixteenths of an inch ; that is to say, if an inch were 

 divided into sixteen equal parts, tho distance between b b and g g 

 is equal to seven of them, while the distances fa, ac, c b, on the 

 straight lino / y, are each equal to four-sixtecntha of an inch, 

 which is merely another expression for a quarter of an inch, as 

 our learners will find when they have got on far enough in 

 Arithmetic to be working at Vulgar Fractions. 



) below b 6, in order to induce the learner to pay strict attention 

 to tho relative proportions of his letters. -The importance of 

 this will bo seen by any one who is curious enough to extend 

 these letters to a greater or less length above a a, or below b b, 

 than is allotted for their extension in our Copy-slips. The 

 general appearance of handwriting that would otherwise be 

 good, is often completely spoiled by a want of proper proportion 

 in tho heads, loops, and toils of tho letters. Those who wish to 

 be distinguished for writing a plain and legible hand, must aim 

 at the neatness and beauty of tho writing that is found in old 

 deeds, and books copied by tho monks who lived before tho 

 time of Carton. The letters of these famous penmen are as 

 regular in their proportions and as sharply and delicately de- 

 fined as if they had been carefully printed from, well-cnt typo. 



