these are a bit like Dingbats:
1. NOONT
2 b b b
b b b
b b b
For number 2 the b's, if that is what they are, slope forward (poss italic text)
3 :
l
r
u Bible
c
Hope you can make sense of them
Is it just me? Before answering this question I checked to make sure that no one else had already done so. There were none. Then I submit my answer, thankfully correct, but an hour too late, and suddenly a whole raft of corespondance opens up!