History of the Letter B

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History of the Letter B

Stem

Ascender

Bb Cross bar

Bowl

Serif

Egyptian hieroglyph cottage

Etruscan B Roman B

Phoenician beth

B Signal Flag

Uppercase and lowercase Greek letter beta.

B Braille Pattern

1. The capital letter B originally was a pictogram of a house in Egyptian hieroglyphs. 2. By 1050 BC, the Phoenicians altered the image into a backwards, jagged e and called it beth. 3. The Greeks restyled the letter B and called it beta. 4. The modern B came from the ancient Romans. The top curve of the B was removed and became the lowercase B.


Bb Bookman Old Style Humanist or Old Style


Bb Baskerville Transitional


Bb Modern No. 20 Modern


Bb Rockwell Slab Serif


Bb Gill Sans Humanist Slab Serif


Bb

Helvetica

Traditional Sans Serif


Bb

Futura

Geometric Sans Serif


Bb Garamond


Bb

Book Antigua


Bb Britannic Bold


Bb Charcoal CY


Bb Candara


Bb

Franklin Gothic Book


Bb

Georgia


Bb Goudy Old Style


Bb

Impact


Bb Harrington


Bb Bauhaus 93


Bb Century Gothic


Bb

Adobe Caslon Pro


Bb

Didot


Bb

Franklin Gothic Book


Bb

Malayalam MN


Bb Lucinda Bright


Bb


Bb

Bangla MN


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