William Morris designed every letter and printed border for the books published by his Kelmscott Press. Here he drafts the form of a lowercase h, shaping and reshaping the curved bowl where it attaches to the vertical ascender. His notes indicate he is still unhappy with the proportions of the serifs and the overall rigidity of the letterform.
William Morris (1834–1896), Type design for letter h. London, about 1890. Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975, PML 76897.