The let­ters “u” and “v” used to be writ­ten the same way--as “v”. So it makes sense when I see “Carnegie Bvilding” carved into stone. What doesn’t make sense is why so many old build­ings names are ter­mi­nated with a period (or what I assume is a period). Can any­one explain this to me?

These exag­ger­ated ascen­ders and descen­ders hang so far out into space, they no longer feel con­nected to the let­ter they are intended to rep­re­sent. I like that, and I also like the min­i­mal f that lacks a cross-stroke, since it’s per­fectly leg­i­ble with­out it.