Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Paul S Person Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: xkcd: Cursive Letters Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:46:56 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 72 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.2BD84F9800A1229B30F7C638F@news.giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:46:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4fbbeb6a52882b6b0981e5366883d1a2"; logging-data="3244239"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18JbZy1p8gHm/sWYuLNGE/pP6+wES2r+Io=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3st3h21w9QROMYMlMu0FUT/0Zso= Bytes: 3507 On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:39:04 -0700, BCFD 36 wrote: >On 4/24/24 02:32, D wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Pluted Pup wrote: >>=20 >>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote: >>> >>>> On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said: >>>>> >>>>> xkcd: Cursive Letters >>>>> https://xkcd.com/2912/ >>>>> >>>>> Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ? >>>>> >>>>> My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still = writes >>>>> in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but= I >>>>> love her for it anyway. >>>>> >>>>> Explained at: >>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters >>>>> >>>>> Lynn >>>> >>>> I have three handwriting styles: >>>> >>>> Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my = signature. >>>> It's pretty easy to read. >>>> >>>> Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important >>>> documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university = exams, >>>> etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone. >>>> >>>> And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when >>>> writing hurried notes for myself. >>> >>> Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the >>> term "printed" is too confusing nowadays, >>> as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?". >>> >>> I use block letters because I want to be able to >>> read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters >>> writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't >>> also mess up my readability by using cursive for words. >>> >>> Then again the term "block letters" imply someone >>> who writes in all capitals. >>> >>> It's all too ambiguous. >>> >>> >>> >> No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks.=20 >> Obviously! ;) > >Wrong, banana breath! Block letters are the letters found on the sides=20 >of the cubical wood blocks we played with as children. I was going to suggest "block printing", but it turns out that that has a completely different meaning to what is wanted here. Although I suppose those blocks, combined with mommy's black ink, could be used for "block printing" ... --=20 "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino, Who evil spoke of everyone but God, Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"