Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BCFD 36 Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: xkcd: Cursive Letters Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:39:04 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.2BD84F9800A1229B30F7C638F@news.giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:39:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="70e801e541ee96cf5482e531f11e0591"; logging-data="2609232"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+553RlhTbAG8fJ8XdxLAtv" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:lFFe5Hh+pG+7crXu5yI4QNZ52Y4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3180 On 4/24/24 02:32, D wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Pluted Pup wrote: > >> 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. > Obviously! ;) Wrong, banana breath! Block letters are the letters found on the sides of the cubical wood blocks we played with as children. -- ---------------- Dave Scruggs Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired) Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)