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  • Swash | Definition and Translations

    A swash is a decorative element added to a glyph or a glyph containing such decorative elements.

     

    French: lettre ornée
    German: Schwungbuchstabe
    Italian: svolazzo
    Polish: litera ozdobna
    Portuguese: Floreado, floreio
    Spanish: Floritura
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