[B-Greek] written sigma

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Feb 22 18:20:47 EST 2004


At 5:09 PM -0500 2/22/04, <bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca> wrote:
> I am doing some composition work and this involves developing a hand
>writing style.
>I have been writing the Sigma starting at the top, go down the left side,
>back up the right, then change direction to make the horizontal line at
>the top.
>Now I read that this is the cursive Omicron.
>Supposedly the sigma is to be started at the top, go down the right side
>and back up the left and follow through to the horizontal line.
>I find this way a little sloppy looking but if this is how it is meant to
>look, I'll go for it.
>Any suggestions? Maybe a web-site that offers help with this?
>Thank you.
>Bert de Haan.

A good option, in my opinion, is to adopt the lunate sigma: the simple "c"
used for both initial-medial sigma and for final sigma: it's easy to draw
and it's close to what was actually used at one period in the language's
long life.
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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