Editing Rustic capitals (section)

== Structure ==
Rustic capitals are similar to [[Roman square capitals]], but are less rigid, influenced more by pen and ink writing on [[papyrus]] or [[parchment]]. The letters are thinner and more compressed, use many more curved lines than do square capitals, and have [[descender]]s extending below the baseline. 

=== Syntax ===
The scripts written in rustic capitals use ''punctus'' marks (dots which are placed between the words) to denote word separation, contrary to the common practice of ''scriptura continua (''the continuous writing of words without any form of separation see [[Uncial script]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600|last=Brown|first=Michelle P.|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1990|isbn=0-8020-5866-3|location=Buffalo, NY|pages=18}}</ref>