That phrase turns up a lot of results on my search engine but none that seem to be for what you describe, except for maybe a book on Amazon. Can you maybe find, or create a picture, of a alphabet with this script?
Really? You think that is the easiest way to deliver proof? You know you can just upload a picture right? Not that I need proof, just that this is a weird way of proving something on a digital forum with image sharing possibilities.
I’ts a well written post, that clearly took some effort to write. Its ~14 short paragraphs, really nothing compared to the 67 post that came before it that you presumably also read. I can understand that you still find it too long to read but I don’t get this nearly angry response to someone that puts in all this effort, I mean it surely took him much longer to write that then it will take you to read it. Just my € 0,02.
I think we are confusing “mastering” with “basic competence” I agree with @sockdoll in that I think most people can achieve the skill level where you can reliably sketch something that someone else will be able to recognize, where you can sing a simple song and not be terribly off-key all the time. This does not mean you will become amazing at it, just that you will go from 0 to 1.
I also think the “some people just have talent” mindset hurts far more people (especially people that convince themselves that singing, drawing or whatever, are things they are just not talented in and thus never even give it a effort) then the “you may not become the next Da Vinci but you can still learn” mentality.
But then again, maybe I’m kidding myself, I really can’t sing, like @LutherBlisset
Since I’m still convinced I could improve my singing skill with practice (where do you practice singing if you suck, everyone will ask you to stop :P) and/or lessons.
This. Whenever I use a ballpoint pen I use way too much force, to the point that my whole arm starts to lock up after a while. When I try to control it I end up concentrating more on my muscle control than on what I’m actually writing.
The modern gel thingies are an improvement, but nothing beats a fountain pen. (Or a plain old pencil.) It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just something that feels right when you use it.
Nope, not this dyslexic.
I was forced to use joined-up writing (cursive) in my first school, using a proper fountain pen, and if I went really slowly then it was merely incredibly messy, otherwise it was unintelligible even to me.
When I moved to my secondary school, we could use ball-points and write in whatever way was readable, so I switched to single letters and could speed up my writing to slow, whilst remaining just about legible.
Of course these days I use a computer for almost everything, which means that not only is my writing readable, but my spelling is checked too.
That said, I am slightly proud that I can write an & (ampersand) freehand. That looping round is quite pleasurable to draw.
Yeah, based on google’s logos, I think the correct answer is probably, “Any would be acceptable”, since you could use any of those in your font and everyone would read it just fine.
The second variation is what i use… except that i don’t even use a line that goes through the E. I do a vertical dash at the top and one at the bottom. Sometimes i even forget what orientation it’s supposed to be at and i’ll use a 3 instead. For whatever reason i just never bothered to really care lol. However when i used to write cursive i’d use both the standard ampersand and the last variation of the example i just posted above.
Sure, The full title is actually “Write Now: The Getty-Dubay Program For Handwriting Success” . It is by Barbara Getty and Inga Dubay. If you click on the “View sample pages” link on their website here, you can see some examples of the alphabet they use http://www.handwritingsuccess.com/write-now.php . Prior to finding this I ha alway hated my cursive hand and after practicing their system for a few months I have finally gotten it to something that I am happy with. The book selling part of this is pretty old-school. It is only paper, no digital version so I had to scan and print extra copies of the practice pages. A copier worked okay as well but the book does not lay completely flat so the binding edge of it got dark and distorted.
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I am somewhat taken aback that you read that as angry. The hyperbole was meant to signal jocular. Next time, I’ll remember to add the winky-face as well.
I’m beginning to see that we should probably define “competence,” since it seems likely we’re all overlapping in some places, but not in others. I don’t think that “not terribly off-key all the time” and a sketch “that someone else will be able to recognize” quite reach “competence” though I heartily welcome both into the vast realm of “good enough for my purposes.” If you’re sketching for your own gratification, that is a fine level to achieve, especially if you started at (my personal attainment) the level where everything looks vaguely like a decaying squash.
What is it, exactly, that you mean by “hurts” in this context? The only consequence you’ve described is people not putting effort into an activity. Surely (I can call you Shirley, can’t I?) that leaves them free to put effort into some other activity at which they can progress further with the same effort? I see more potential harm in telling people that with enough work they can improve at a skill for which they have no aptitude. Great time and effort spent for frustratingly small rewards sounds worse than acknowledging you’ll never sing anywhere but the shower and maybe well-watered celebrations.
I have little aptitude for skills requiring visual acuity, hence my sketches of decaying squashes. With effort and years of experience in my profession I can now distinguish an italic comma from a roman comma, as long as I’m familiar with the font. But the layout and typography people with whom I work are not the least afraid for their jobs.
I do have an aptitude for sound, and have to remember that not everyone can reproduce a musical phrase at first hearing. Not even with sufficient effort—one member of my family has learned to do so with practice, but another is actually tone deaf and can’t distinguish tones that aren’t more than a full step apart. It never stopped him from singing lullabies to his first kid, though.
It didn’t occur to me that this would be an issue. Is it really that weird, given we’re talking about rendering stuff in ink?
Also, it’s a pain to take a digital photo, send it to my account or get it into Photos on the laptop, extract the picture from Photos or whatever app to a location where I can upload it into a browser for a post. (I don’t check BB from my phone, hence why this is a pain.)
It’s actually simpler for me to write out a postcard, stamp it, mail it, given that I already sort of do this regularly anyway.
If you can do it faster, you’re welcome to visit and take the photo yourself.
Nope, just art for a show in May. I should have typed out cervical vertebrae (this Elasmosaur has over 70), but I was lazy.
