A Writing Question

[Kemaiku]

I always use cursive or "joined up" writing, to the point of nearly always writing with a fountain pen to allow a better flow of words, ball points don't aren't quite as good. Having said that I wish my handwriting was much better, arthritis has its drawbacks even with something so simple.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

You have a lot of emotional energy, but exhibit a lot of emotional control too. Your head tends to rule your heart, and you tend not to let go of things that happen to you -- whether good or bad. You have a greater ability to concentrate than the average person, and outside of your day to day concerns, your thoughts tend to be spiritual and philosophical in nature. You enjoy company with large numbers of people, rather than one or two people. You are also confident, and successful with what you put your mind to. Contrasting this lot, your least developed skills are perhaps those involving material thinking/visualisation, such as engineering-type activities.

Pretty good--although I am more introverted IRL. It's kinda weird...I have no problem getting up and giving a speech in front of a large crowd, but I can be a bit shy in person until I get used to you and warm up (but once I do, I could chat forever!).

I have to say, I laughed at the part about material thinking/engineering type stuff. I can be a real clod when it comes to "how stuff really works."

What's a "single Stetson manhunt"?

It's what you get when the Sheriff can't round up a full posse.

HAHAHAHAHA!

^ Nerys is just adding embellishments. But it's interesting that whenever there's a letter stroke that normally ends below the line, Nerys insists on taking the curve up above the line like she's avoiding that area, which could have some meaning.

Below the line tends to be the domain of physical and natural things, relating to what is tangible or of the body.

Interesting theory.

Another place where I've seen people write with a stroke like that is, interestingly enough, Arabic typography (which oddly enough, despite it being a right-to-left language, seems to have that stroke going in the same direction as my end-strokes sometimes do).

http://www.arabictypography.org/images/page_08.jpg

I'm not from that part of the world, nor am I Muslim, but I think maybe on some level I found the aesthetic of the writing appealing to me.

That's very elegant handwriting, NG. It's very graceful compared to the child-like bland scrawl I write in .

Well, if you saw my PRINTING...I'd say "child-like bland scrawl" would be quite accurate.

I always use cursive or "joined up" writing, to the point of nearly always writing with a fountain pen to allow a better flow of words, ball points don't aren't quite as good. Having said that I wish my handwriting was much better, arthritis has its drawbacks even with something so simple.

I've never tried writing with a fountain pen; gel pens are my favorite. Is it hard?

 

[Cali]

Here's mine!

 

[Finn]

I prefer to type...

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I prefer to type...

LOL, I KNEW someone was going to say that...

I do like to type, too, and I can do it very quickly--but sometimes it's just relaxing to me to sit down and handwrite something.

 

[Jadzia]

Ooooh, can you do mine next, Jadzia? I want to know what my handwriting tells people.

My first impressions of your writing is that you are friendly and warm hearted... despite the smilie.

You have well developed emotions, are strongly intuitive, and easily capable of abstract thinking, but without losing sight of practical realities. Your head generally rules your heart. Also, you're not inclined to be judgmental, so you don't jump to conclusions. This is an intelligent and empathetic combination, imo.

However, you may sometimes refrain from expressing your emotions, and you may be inclined to dwell on mundane matters more than you need to, even though you may like to.

You may struggle to concentrate on things that require long sessions of mental focus. You express a moderate preference for creativity, but only as far as it doesn't detract from diurnal matters.


Also, your handwriting is a lot like my best writing, except that some of my letters are slightly less curly, and I don't loop the tail of my g. It's very easy to read

 

[Mr Awe]

See, this is where I'm starting to think I'm weird. I'm only 26!

You're not weird, you're just over thinking this way too much. Everyone has their own style that they prefer. It's no biggie.

I'm 40, and was taught and required to use cursive in school. Today, I prefer to print.

People just adopt that which they prefer when they're not forced in a specific direction. It's that simple.

Mr Awe

 

[Mr Awe]

I'm on the cusp of 49 and I haven't bothered with cursive since Second Grade. The only time that my Second Grade teacher ever got mad at me-- I was the little intellectual, teacher's pet, class librarian-type-- was when I said, "Why have a second way to write that's harder to do and harder to read?"

I still feel the same way. Writing is about communication. One clear method is sufficient.

I agree with that sentiment and I, too, bailed on cursive. I don't think cursive is necessarily harder to write but is often harder to read. My own cursive is definitely harder to read.

When I went to school, teachers made it seem that cursive was better. That printing was for the little kids and then you graduated to cursive. I never understood that and still don't.

Mr Awe

 

[Kemaiku]

@Nerys. It depends, ghe quality and design of the pen can affect how comfortable or easy it is to write with even if you're used to writing with one. You get used to it pretty quickly and about the only annoyance is the ink replacement but even that is simple enough with enough practise.