Re: OT: Gruess (was Comma gets a cure -- in German?)

On 2008-07-20 J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:
 > Old people still use to write a line or
 > something like a brevis above each small letter
 > U, a reflex of that original ring above.
 > However, it is written on any U, so it has been
 > reanalyzed as a mere graphical distinction from
 > small letter N. It was especially common in the
 > handwriting forms of Blackletter that were used
 > until mid 20th century.
 >

Yes that form of _u_ was in use in Scandinavian
Fraktur handwriting as well.  I've seen it often
but didn't know its origin.


/BP 8^)>
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