Regulæ trium ordinum literarum typographicarum, or, The rules of the three orders of print letters viz. the Roman, Italick, English capitals and small : shewing how they are compounded of geometrick figures, and mostly made by rule and compass, useful for writing masters, painters, carvers, masons, and others that are lovers of curiosity / by Joseph Moxon ...

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Set your Compasses to twice the Stem, viz. 7 parts, and placing one Foot in Parallel 23, Erect 8, (as at Fig. 1.) with the other describe a Circle for the out∣er bounds of the Head. Remove your Compasses in the same Parallel to 3 ½ on the right hand, and 3 ½ on the left hand this Centre, (as at Fig. 2, 3.) and de∣scribe the Arches for the inner bounds of the Head. Set your Compasses to 4, and placing one Foot in Parallel 14 ½, Erect 6 ¼, (as at Fig. 4.) describe the out∣er Arch between the Head and Belly of g; set your Compasses to 1 ¾, and placing one Foot in the point where this Arch touches the Head, turn the other Foot into Parallel 16, (as at Fig. 5.) and on that point as on a Centre describe the inner Arch between Head and Belly of g. Then from Parallel 14 ¼ Erect 5, and Parallel 13 Erect 14, draw a straight line, and from Parallel 11 Erect 3, and Parallel 10 Erect 14; draw another straight line, which two straight lines shall be the Waste of g. Then set your Compasses to 7 ½, and placing one Foot in Parallel 7 ¾, Erect 10 ½, (as at Fig. 6.) Describe the right hand outer Arch of the Belly. Set your Compasses to 5 ¼, and placing one Foot in Parallel 6 ¼, Erect 11, (as at Fig. 7.) de∣scribe the right hand inner Arch of the Belly; set your Compasses to 7, and in placing one Foot in

Parallel 7 ¾, Erect 10 ½, (as at Fig. 6.) describe part of the left hand inner Arch of the Belly of g. Set your Compasses to 8, and placing one Foot in Parallel 8, Erect 8, (as at Fig. 8.) Describe another outer Arch on the left hand side of the Belly; set your Compasses to 6, and placing one Foot in Parallel 5. Erect 6, (as at 9.) With the other describe the outer Arch under the Waste of g on the left hand. Re∣move your Compasses to Parallel 24 ¼, Erect 18 ½, (as at Fig. 10.) and describe an Arch for the upper bounds of the Nose of g. Remove your Compasses to Parallel 22 ¾, Erect 16 ½, (as at Fig. 11.) and describe the under Arch of the Nose. Set your Compasses to half the Stem, viz. 1 ¾, and placing one Foot in Pa∣rallel 27 ½, Erect 16, (as at Fig. 12.) Describe the small Arch for a Dot on the Nose. The Intersecti∣ons and Breakings of the several Arches you must work in by hand, as you may see by the Letter it self.