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Alpha-numeric Character Study of the Ransom Note
First Page
3 types
1. 
The top bends over sharply to the right. No tail at bottom. On some of these note that the stem doesn't end at the bottom on the down stroke but ends as the pen turns back up leaving a "hook" at the bottom of the stem.
Nancy's.
Oliva's
capital F
2.
The top is curved over. No tail.
Oliva
Oliva
On these the "upstroke" from the bottom of the stem is very apparent
3.
The top is bent sharply as in the first row and a tail is added to the bottom.
Second Page
4. 
The first capital "F"
Same as type 1 on the first page
Nancy's.
Same as type 2 on the first page
Nancy's.
Third Page
Same as type 1 on first page. My guess is that, since this form is by far the most prevalent and is exclusively the type used on the last page, this is the true style of the RN author.
Oliva's
capital F. The above could be made very simply by continuing the crossmember across the
stem.
