Roman Alphabet Calligraphy Epigraphy Font Paleography Script

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I want to scratch my name into some of my equipment but am unsure how to make the the letters look like true lower class soldier chicken scratches or dot punches. Whenever I have seen example of Roman hand writing it doesn't look anything like the Roman alphabet I know. It doesn't seem to me that the handwriting appears to share much in common with the chiseled type on monuments.

Any ideas?

Old & New Roman "Cursive" (handwritten) alphabets/examples at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_cursive
http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/w ... rsive.html
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/exhibition/paleo.shtml (follow several pages starting here)
http://vindolanda.csad.ox.ac.uk/tablets/TVI-4-3.shtml
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scrip ... etterindex

By comparing these examples with other handwriting samples, you can see variations from the examples. More in my next post here. +r

ADDED 07.03.11:

Roman Latin Alphabet Graffiti Lettering Variations:

Absolute, complete uniformity in anything Roman? Doubtful. Just as Romans were a somewhat & creative diverse lot, so were thier products.

Roman Graffit lettering is no exception, as briefly indicated on this webpage: http://www.ostia-antica.org/inter/graffiti.html

Roman Ostia graffiti lettering variation, compiled by Eric Taylor.