Ethiopian Shield - request for translation from Italian

[Ian]

Originally Posted by roanoa

In Italic calligraphy it is called "LONG S". It is even used in English handwriting.

Beautiful example of handwriting in the Copperplate font. I learned to write this font in the 1950s in Grade 2 using a pen and steel nib dipped in an ink well. We used specially ruled paper that guided the height for upper and lower case letters. Thick down strokes, thin up strokes. Long risers (b,d,f,h,k,l,) semi-riser (t), long descenders (g,j,p,q,y).