Alphabet Fifteen Interpretive Designs Drawn And Arranged With Explanatory Text And Illustrations (1918)
Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947 · New York : M. Kennerly · leaf 98
Y as a vowel is a mere calligraphic variation of i, and one of four variants [u, v, w, y] of one Greek symbol. Y was a late importation into the Latin and was originally used only in words borrowed from the Greek to denote a sound peculiar to the Greek language.
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