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General Instruction

These short exercises will correct as you type. If you make a mistake, the letters will turn red; simply delete what you’ve typed until the letters turn back to black, then try again to decipher the letter you previously transcribed incorrectly. As you read materials and work through longer exercises on this site you’ll become more familiar with letters that you do not yet recognize – so come back to this page often to test your improvement.


Leave ampersands (&) in place. Do not follow lineation of the original. Do not expand abbreviations, type only what you se​e.