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Yes, when I read what he posted and compared it to what I do and have seen
others do...I mean...Aw, heck, it's Saturday and I don't want to analyze this anymore. grin I have spent over 3 hours on the phone with my brother because we are indefatiguable analyzers (vs. analysts.) (Sorry, my brain has left the building.) hey, at least it was there at some point. can't say the same for mine. best. kcat |
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Devil's Advocate here...
I am curious as to why you associate printing with "pretending to be in kindegarten"? The question is posed because as I noted somewhere else in this discussion, my husband is an engineer not terribly far from retirement who has printed almost all documents of import for his entire career. As Bluesea described WRT a co-worker, very compact handwriting can still be completely legible. Some have even said that they have mistaken my husband's writing for printer output. Part of engineering education in the "his day" was learning mechanical drawing. This was of course before the days of Autocad and the like and one needed to be able to communicate technically such that there was little, if any, confusion. I do not view my hubby's handwriting as childish at all. In fact, I envy the precision of it as do most people who see it. When I use a pencil (Pelikan D200 - great pencil!) I usually print. My printing still incorporates some facets of the italic hand though. These also show up when I use a flexible nib which I prefer to use without using "cursive" loops and flourishes. So - I'm not picking on you - I am just curious. My generation (I am 40) in the US was encouraged - okay, forced - to learn to write both printing and the so-called Palmer method. I don't think it worked out well. My daughter was forced to be right-handed but other than that I don't recall them really pushing the issue of legible handwriting. I am posting this in keeping with my claims of over-analyzing things. :-) |
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"KCat" wrote in message .com...
Devil's Advocate here... I am curious as to why you associate printing with "pretending to be in kindegarten"? The question is posed because as I noted somewhere else in this discussion, my husband is an engineer not terribly far from retirement who has printed almost all documents of import for his entire career. As Bluesea described WRT a co-worker, very compact handwriting can still be completely legible. Some have even said that they have mistaken my husband's writing for printer output. Part of engineering education in the "his day" was learning mechanical drawing. This was of course before the days of Autocad and the like and one needed to be able to communicate technically such that there was little, if any, confusion. I do not view my hubby's handwriting as childish at all. In fact, I envy the precision of it as do most people who see it. When I use a pencil (Pelikan D200 - great pencil!) I usually print. My printing still incorporates some facets of the italic hand though. These also show up when I use a flexible nib which I prefer to use without using "cursive" loops and flourishes. So - I'm not picking on you - I am just curious. My generation (I am 40) in the US was encouraged - okay, forced - to learn to write both printing and the so-called Palmer method. I don't think it worked out well. My daughter was forced to be right-handed but other than that I don't recall them really pushing the issue of legible handwriting. I am posting this in keeping with my claims of over-analyzing things. :-) The expression "as if I were in kindergarden" is obviously an exageration. My friends have told me a million times not to exagerate, but... ñ_ñ I used that expression because when you are learning to write, legibility may be the most important point, and that's exactly what (in most cases) printing does. There's nothing wrong with printing, I used to have an american girlfriend (Hi Margaret! ñ_ñ) who used printing, and she is a well learned person. Nevertheless, FMPOV, printing seems to be something like "one size fits all" so to speak, and one of the reasons why I like fps is because they allow more individuality. Juan |
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(Juan) scrawls:
My friends have told me a million times not to exagerate. There's nothing wrong with printing, I used to have an american girlfriend who used printing, and she is a well learned person. "well learned" (like "more better") more than implying an exaggeration indicates illiteracy. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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The expression "as if I were in kindergarden" is obviously an
exageration. My friends have told me a million times not to exagerate, but... ñ_ñ you can stop exaggerating when I stop babbling. yeah... not gonna happen. :-) learned person. Nevertheless, FMPOV, printing seems to be something like "one size fits all" so to speak, and one of the reasons why I like fps is because they allow more individuality. I can get behind that. I like FPs for various reasons but adding "character" to my handwriting is one of them - especially a nice stub or oblique or flex or... :-) kcat |
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Thore Karlsen wrote:
One answer would be to teach yourself some practical variety of italic handwriting. Any ideas on how to learn that? I really need to improve my handwriting. :/ I would suggest the book "Write Now." I am almost certain that you can get it from Sam at Pendemonium.com. Reuben who hopes this helps |
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I am curious as to why you associate printing with "pretending to be in
kindegarten"? I remember looking at the "Bill of Rights", it was Maryland copy, and marveling at the hand writing. I now know that the use of a super flexible feather was the answer. I could not imagine using block letters to make the document. |
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 23:47:07 GMT, "Bluesea"
said: nib use.) Others disagreed. :-) Bluesea I used to have a guy working for me who used to leave Bluesea tiny notes on tiny slips of paper. When others asked, Bluesea "How can you read his writing?" I asked, "Have you ever Bluesea really looked or only taken a glance in passing?" It was Bluesea *always* only in passing because those who actually read Bluesea what he wrote were amazed that he wrote perfectly formed Bluesea letters that were perfectly easy to read, only extremely Bluesea small. i can't blame people who won't read print that's smaller than a certain size. too much of a strain on the old eyes. in fact, due to my eye problems, i can't tell the difference between a \normalsize $B$S(B and $B$T(B. larger is better. -- Content: 80% POLYESTER, 20% DACRONi ... The waitress's UNIFORM sheds TARTAR SAUCE like an 8" by 10" GLOSSY ... |
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"Garglemonster" wrote in message ... On Sat, 08 May 2004 23:47:07 GMT, "Bluesea" said: nib use.) Others disagreed. :-) Bluesea I used to have a guy working for me who used to leave Bluesea tiny notes on tiny slips of paper. When others asked, Bluesea "How can you read his writing?" I asked, "Have you ever Bluesea really looked or only taken a glance in passing?" It was Bluesea *always* only in passing because those who actually read Bluesea what he wrote were amazed that he wrote perfectly formed Bluesea letters that were perfectly easy to read, only extremely Bluesea small. i can't blame people who won't read print that's smaller than a certain size. too much of a strain on the old eyes. Well, these were people in their 20's and early 30's and they didn't try to read his notes because they were minding their own business. They just happened to see them on my desk when they came by and noticing the small pieces of paper with the tiny handwriting, asked. -- ~~Bluesea~~ Spam is great in musubi but not in email. Please take out the trash before sending a direct reply. |
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