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Alphabet Charts               

Handwritten Samples

Below you will find examples of handwritten letters in upper and lower case. The first set was taken from Jesús Muñoz y Rivero's Manual de Paleografía Diplomática Española de los siglos XII al XVII and the second set was extracted from original documents. Click below on the letter for which you wish to see examples. Here are additional ​examples of letters.​

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - X - Y - Z

A

Uppercase

Lowercase

B

Uppercase

Lowercase

C

Uppercase

Lowercase

D

Uppercase

Lowercase

E

Uppercase

Lowercase

F

Uppercase

Lowercase

G

Uppercase

Lowercase

H

Uppercase

Lowercase

I

Uppercase

Lowercase

J

Uppercase

Lowercase

K

Uppercase

Lowercase

L

Uppercase

Lowercase

M

Uppercase

Lowercase

N

Uppercase

Lowercase

O

Uppercase

                                                                                                                                       

Lowercase

P

Uppercase

Lowercase

Q

Uppercase

Lowercase

R

Uppercase

Lowercase

S

Uppercase

Lowercase

T

Uppercase

                                                                                

Lowercase

U

Uppercase

Lowercase

V

Uppercase

Lowercase

X

Uppercase

                                                                                                                                                           

Lowercase

Y

Uppercase

Lowercase

Z

Uppercase

                                                                                                                                                          

Lowercase