During the Late Middle Ages, two minuscule glyphs of U developed which were both used for sounds including and modern . The pointed form was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form was used in the middle or end, regardless of sound. So whereas valour and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed as "haue" and "vpon". The first distinction between the letters and is recorded in a Gothic script from 1386, where preceded . By the mid-16th century, the form was used to represent the consonant and the vowel sound, giving us the modern letter . and were not accepted as distinct letters until many years later. The rounded variant became the modern-day version of , and the letter's former pointed form became .
During the Late Middle Ages two minuscule glyphs of U developed which were both used for sounds including and modern  The pointed form was written at the beginning of a word while a rounded form was used in the middle or end regardless of sound So whereas valour and excuse appeared as in modern printing have and upon were printed as "haue" and "vpon" The first distinction between the letters and is recorded in a Gothic script from 1386 where preceded  By the mid-16th century the form was used to represent the consonant and the vowel sound giving us the modern letter  and were not accepted as distinct letters until many years later The rounded variant became the modern-day version of  and the letter's former pointed form became 