R rotunda

Variant of the Latin letter R (ꝛ) R rotundaꝚ ꝛUsageWriting systemLatinHistoryDevelopmentR rꝚ ꝛTime period700s to 1500s The r rotunda ⟨ ꝛ ⟩, "rounded r", is a historical calligraphic variant of the minuscule (lowercase) letter Latin r used in full script-like typefaces, especially blackletters. Unlike other letter variants such as "long s" which originally were orthographically distinctive, r rotunda has always been a calligraphic variant, used when the letter ⟨r⟩ followed a letter with a rounded stroke towards the right side, such as ⟨o⟩, ⟨b⟩, ⟨p⟩, ⟨h⟩, ⟨w⟩ (and ⟨d⟩ in typefaces such as Fraktur where this letter has no vertical stroke, appearing similar to ⟨𝔡⟩). In this way, it is comparable to numerous other special types used for ligatures or conjoined letters in early modern typesetting. Form This symbol came in several different shapes, all of which were of x-height. The shape of the letter used in blackletter scripts Textualis as well as Rotunda is reminiscent of "half an r", namely, the right side of the Roman capital ⟨R⟩; it also looks similar to an Arabic numeral ⟨2⟩. Like minuscules in general, this shape for r ori