This section is from the book "Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: A Guide To Correct Writing", by Thos. E. Hill. Also available from Amazon: Hill's Manual Of Social And Business Forms: The How-To-Do-Everything Book Of Victorian America.
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1st a is not closed at the top. It resembles a u. 2nd a contains a loop and resembles an e.
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1st j is crooked and contains too much loop at the bottom. 2nd j, loop too short.
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1st s is too short. 2nd s contains a loop, top and bottom.
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1st b is crooked. 2nd b has a loop too long.
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1st k resembles an h and is crooked. 2nd k, loop too long; lower part spreads too much.
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1st t, not crossed, is too round at the bottom, with bad connecting line. 2nd t slopes too much.
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1st c has the connecting line too high. 2nd c has a loop too large, causing it to resemble the e.
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1st l is crooked. 2nd l, loop too broad and too long.
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1st « resembles an n. 2nd u is irregular in height.
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1st d contains a loop at the bottom. 2nd d slopes too much.
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1st m lacks uniformity of slope and appearance. 2nd m lacks uniformity of height, and too angular.
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1st v is too angular at the top and bottom. 2nd v spreads too much.
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1st ey loop too small. 2nd e, loop too large.
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1st « lacks uniformity of slope. 2nd « resembles a u with first part too high.
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1st W is too angular. 2nd w is irregular in height.
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1st f is crooked. 2nd f has a loop too long, top and bottom.
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1st o is left open at the top and resembles a v. 2nd o contains a loop.
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1st x is spread too much. 2nd x is too angular.
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1st g is left open at the top. It resembles a y. 2nd g contains a loop at the top.
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1st p is crooked. 2nd/ has been patched and is badly shaded.
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1st y is too high in the first part. 2nd y slopes too much.
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1st h is crooked. 2nd h has a loop too long.
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1st q is left open at the top. 2nd q contains a loop in the top.
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1st z has a loop at the top. 2nd z slopes too much.
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1st i has no dot, and the lines unite too low. 2nd i has the dot too near the letter; the lines are not sufficiently united.
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1st r contains a loop. 2nd r is too flat.
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The dollar mark should have parallel lines being crossed by a character similar to the letter S.
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1st A is too broad at the top. 2nd too much resembles the small a.
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1st J is crooked. 2nd J is too broad at the top, and contains a bad loop at the bottom.
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1st S has the loop too small at the top. 2nd S1 has the loop too large at the top.
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1st B has a bad capital stem. 2nd B, like the first, is too large at the top.
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1st K has a bad capital stem. 2nd K has an angular capital stem, and spreads too much.
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1st T has a bad capital stem. 2nd T has a bad top.
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1st C has the loop too large, with base too small 2nd C contains an angle.
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1st L loop too large in upper part. 2nd L has the loop in the top too small.
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1st U contains angles in the upper part. 2nd U spreads too much at the top.
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1st D contains several angles. 2nd D is out of proportion.
 
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