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Subject: Re: xkcd: Cursive Letters
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:39:04 -0700
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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.
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