Z you shall make thus: Set upon either side, both beneath & beyond the
angle a., two points e. & f., each at a distance of the tenth part of
a. b.; so also, set two other points g. and h. both before and above the
angle d. and with right lines join e. f. and g. h.; then draw your
narrower transverse limb, beneath a. b. backwards as far as the angle
b.; from thence draw your broad limb diagonally to c.; and then again a
narrower one from c. to g.; and with your hand round out the two tips e.
and h.
Or make Z thus: Divide the square a. b. c. d. by the vertical line e. f.
and in this reduced space construct the letter as before; but so that
the two transverse limbs be cut short, above on the nigh side, and below
on the far, by the vertical lines a. c. and e. f. respectively as below.
[Illustration: Z]
So likewise, in other fashion, can we make all the letters already
drawn, on a scale of ninths, just as we have now drawn them on a scale
of tenths; in just the same manner, according to the due proportion of
each, in its own square, a. b. c. d., dividing them into nine, as just
now into ten parts; & that this may be the better understood, I have
chosen to append here letters of such fashion. Also these letters are to
be made five parts high when written small & rapidly, by hand. In such
writing the versals are made of the same proportion and form, but
one-third larger than the ordinary letters of the writing.
[Illustration:
A A A A
B B B B
C C C C
D D D D]
[Illustration:
E E F F
G G G H
H I I K
K K L L]
[Illustration:
M M M
M N N
N N O O
P P P P]
[Illustration:
Q Q Q
R R R
S S S T
T T V V]
[Illustration:
X X X
Y Y Z
Z Z]