Swash letter: a florid version of standard italic capital letters, usually used for ornamentation.
花饰字：加上装饰的标准斜体英文大写字母；作装饰用。
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Swash letter a florid version of standard italic capital letters, usually used for ornamentation. Swash capitals are often used with italic lower case letters.
加上装饰的标准斜体英文大写字母；作装饰用。花饰大写，通常配合斜体小写使用。
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Certain combinations of swash glyphs can cause an unattractive appearance, such as overlapping descenders on adjacent letters.