Elizabethan alphabet contained just 24 old English letters

Old English Font is Beauty Art - The Elizabethan alphabet contained just 24 old English letters as opposed to the 26 letters used in the modern English alphabet. The following table contains pictures of the 26 letters of the modern English alphabet depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters.

Interesting Facts and Information about Elizabethan Life and Old English Letters

Ever wondered why the old English letters in Elizabethan manuscripts look different to the way they are written in modern English? Ever wondered why English words were spelt differently in the Elizabethan language? Ever wondered why old English letters were written differently in the Elizabethan era? The following interesting facts and information provides answers to these perplexing questions!

old english font - Old English Ireland

The Old English (Irish: Seanghaill, meaning "old foreigners") were the descendants of the settlers who came to Ireland from Wales, Normandy, and England after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169–71. Many of the Old English became assimilated into Irish society over the centuries. 

Some were dispossessed in the political and religious conflicts during and after the Tudor conquest of Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries, largely due to their continued adherence to the Roman Catholic religion. The so-called New English otherwise known as the settlers of the Protestant Ascendancy had largely replaced them by 1700.