Tails as a separate pass...
Here is the abbreviated word principatus:
Notice the "smoke" macron (here it is simplified) that usually stands for er/re/ir/ri is used to mean "ri", and the tail that represents "-us" has been added separately (not in one stroke).
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In the VMS, sometimes the "ain" group has the tail added without lifting the pen. Multiple scribes have worked on it, but I have not had time to study whether one connected the tails more than others, but here are two examples, in two different sets of handwriting. Each adds the tail as a single stroke:
Here is the abbreviated word principatus:
Notice the "smoke" macron (here it is simplified) that usually stands for er/re/ir/ri is used to mean "ri", and the tail that represents "-us" has been added separately (not in one stroke).
.
In the VMS, sometimes the "ain" group has the tail added without lifting the pen. Multiple scribes have worked on it, but I have not had time to study whether one connected the tails more than others, but here are two examples, in two different sets of handwriting. Each adds the tail as a single stroke: