Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide, Vol. 7: January, 1883
Caution: Do not begin the reversed-oval with too slight a curve, nor leave it too much open at base, producing a horse-shoe form.
Pen on the wing! Sweeping down on the right, in the air, and upon the left on paper, to produce full, free left stroke in reversed-oval, as it forms the prominent part of this large family of letters.
Capital W. Oval same as in X width across top from oval to angular joining, one and two-third u-spaces; width between angular joinings at base, the same; narrow spaces at middle hight, equal; final curve, two-thirds hight of letter. Strokes: left, right, right, left, left.
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