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The Latin alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd
Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj
Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Ww Xx Yy Zz
R cursiva

R is the eighteenth (number 18) letter in the English alphabet.

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  • R cursiva

    Writing cursive forms of R

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  • R Agrippa

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  • RomanR-01

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  • Fraktur letter R

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  • R cursiva

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  • Prognatus

    The word prognatus as written on the Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (280 BC) shows the full development of the Latin R by that time; the letter P at the same time still retains its archaic shape distinguishing it from Greek or Old Italic rho.

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    Late medieval illuminated initial

  • Caslon-specimen-1763-double-pica-black

    18th-century example of use of r rotunda in English blackletter typography

  • Luca Pacioli, De divina proportione, Letter R

    Letter R from the alphabet by Luca Pacioli, in De divina proportione (1509)

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