Others conjoined letters for aesthetic purposes. Medieval scribes who wrote in Latin increased their writing speed by combining characters and by introducing notational abbreviations. However, in Nordic texts a particular type of ligature appeared for ll and tt, referred to as 'broken l' and 'broken t' Īround the 9th and 10th centuries, monasteries became a fountainhead for these type of script modifications. During the medieval era several conventions existed (mostly diacritic marks). Doubles ( Geminated consonants) during the Roman Republic era were written as a sicilicus.
