A rounded type appeared in the Chalcidian alphabet, and from this it was taken into Latin. Etruscan had no rounded form, but it appears in Umbrian and Faliscan. In England in the 17th century a looped variety was released, and this is from time to time still noticed in handwriting when followed by A different sAll S&L S&P A/S a/s/l pound s/he S/N S