Would a Namiki Falcon work for me?

On 2007-04-11 16:28:22 -0500, "Moira Perkins" said:

"Aaron Hsu" wrote in message
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On 2007-01-31 15:38:38 -0600, "Moira Perkins" said:

I think the "fractured cursive" problem is pretty widespread today, with
most people actually leaning more on the side of connected block or italic
scripts rather than a true cursive.

Yes again, and I wonder what we can do about it? Personally I can
*imitate* other styles (just as I could imitate someone else's voice) but
as soon as I stop concentrating, it reverts. Maybe the best plan would be
to work out all the linking strokes (no doubt there's a better word) and
renovate the existing style.

I wouldn't call it pretty, but I can leave the bicmeisters shrinking in the
rear view mirror in a tough meeting. Wheeeee - watch a Namiki Falcon do
130.

Well, as for what can be done, I've noticed that general practice and
exposure to one type of writing has a tendency to shift one's style of
writing in that direction. Of course, that does not mean that as soon
as one starts to think about Gothic script all the time that one begins
to write that way, but by consistent practice in one form of writing
over most others, I have noticed that it is much easier to maintain
"neater" handwriting than if one let's go entirely.

That is probably a lot of talk to say simply, "Don't be lazy." :-)

I wouldn't call my handwriting pretty or fast, but I can come to a
pretty happy medium most times. Although, nowadays, I can hardly write
with anything except a liquid ink pen without royally messing up my
writing. It just becomes illegible when I start to use a simple
ballpoint or such. This probably has something to do with the shape and
weight of the pen as much as the nib.
--
Aaron Hsu

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:37:54 -0500, Aaron Hsu
wrote:

Of course, that does not mean that as soon
as one starts to think about Gothic script all the time that one begins
to write that way

That would be Professor Harold Hill's Think System...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

"Aaron Hsu" wrote in message
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On 2007-04-11 16:28:22 -0500, "Moira Perkins" said:

"Aaron Hsu" wrote in message
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On 2007-01-31 15:38:38 -0600, "Moira Perkins" said:

I think the "fractured cursive" problem is pretty widespread today, with
most people actually leaning more on the side of connected block or
italic
scripts rather than a true cursive.

Yes again, and I wonder what we can do about it?...
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Well, as for what can be done, I've noticed that general practice and
exposure to one type of writing has a tendency to shift one's style of
writing in that direction. Of course, that does not mean that as soon as
one starts to think about Gothic script all the time that one begins to
write that way, but by consistent practice in one form of writing over
most others, I have noticed that it is much easier to maintain "neater"
handwriting than if one let's go entirely.

That is probably a lot of talk to say simply, "Don't be lazy." :-)

I wouldn't call my handwriting pretty or fast, but I can come to a pretty
happy medium most times. Although, nowadays, I can hardly write with
anything except a liquid ink pen without royally messing up my writing. It
just becomes illegible when I start to use a simple ballpoint or such.
This probably has something to do with the shape and weight of the pen as
much as the nib.

Hi Aaron,

I agree about things getting illegible with ballpoints. I think
you (gladly!) get out of the habit of *pressing that hard* all the time,
and then when you have to do it again, the whole plot unravels.

Clutch pencils still work for me, and have some of the pleasing,
geometric feel of a nib. How about you?

--
Moira

On 2007-04-14 16:34:37 -0500, "Moira Perkins" said:

Clutch pencils still work for me, and have some of the pleasing,
geometric feel of a nib. How about you?

Well, I am afraid I can't recall the last time I used a pencil to write
anything significant. However, I would put a pencil in general (and it
varies slightly on the type of lead) on the same line as chalk. For
some reason, I find it more pleasing to form letters with chalk than
with a dry erase marker, partially because of the feedback I get from
the chalk. I do not like most things about most pencils, but the
tactile feedback is something that I find in its favor.
--
Aaron Hsu