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Subject: Re: xkcd: Cursive Letters
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:39:04 -0700, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> 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.'"