At the very least it happens in Flanders. I&#x27;ve seen <i>ijs</i> (&quot;ice&quot;) capitalized in cursive as <i>Ys</i>[0] on an ice truck, for example.<p>Edit: from Wikipedia[1]: &quot;It used to be common, in particular when writing in capitals, to write Y instead of IJ.&quot;<p>So it&#x27;s an obsolete practice...<p>----<p>0. something along those lines: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphabetprintables.org&#x2F;alphabet_printables_cursive&#x2F;uppercase&#x2F;alphabet_cursive_letter_y.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphabetprintables.org&#x2F;alphabet_printables_cursive&#x2F;up...</a><p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IJ_%28digraph%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IJ_%28digraph%29</a>