Uppercase “V” Used to Do the Job of Two Different Letters at Once

07/10/2026

We’ve already seen this letter wearing someone else’s job description in our entry on capital “U” — for most of...

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Uppercase “U” Spent a Thousand Years Pretending to Be “V”

03/10/2026

We covered this story from the lowercase angle earlier in this series, but capital “U” wears the history even more...

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Uppercase “T” Is Basically an Ancient Cross That Got a Really Long Career

01/10/2026

Most letters have gone through some kind of visual overhaul on their way from Phoenician pictogram to modern typeface. “T”...

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Uppercase “S” Has No Straight Lines At All — Which Is Exactly Why It’s So Hard

30/09/2026

We already covered how genuinely difficult lowercase “s” is to draw well earlier in this series. Capital “S” inherits every...

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Uppercase “R” Is Just “P” That Refused to Sit Still

29/09/2026

Set capital “R” next to capital “P” and the family resemblance jumps out immediately: same stem, same upper bowl, same...

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Uppercase “Q” Is the One Letter Where Designers Get to Show Off

28/09/2026

Every other capital in this series has rules: match this stem, echo that curve, stay consistent with the family. “Q”...

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