[Coda]

I keep reading cursive Q's as 2's.

And depending on the handwriting style, sometimes F's as 7's.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Potironette

^That's a G, and to a person who doesn't look at script much (me), it looks a whole lot like a "D." Maybe not a "D" in script, but similar to a D in not-script (at least a lot more similar to a D than a G)

It looks more like an "M" to me

Originally Posted by Coda

I keep reading cursive Q's as 2's.

And depending on the handwriting style, sometimes F's as 7's.

That's understandable.

[Espy]

Originally Posted by Boris

Maybe you could use your Fraktur things to make my cursive look even better, yeah?

Nah, Fraktur's sharp and pointy, perfect for throwing at eyeballs.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Originally Posted by Espy

Ugh, I've been wanting to get Myst for ages.

Also, I too can read cursive. And write it, though I'd rather use my calligraphy pen and dole out some Fraktur.

I remember my dad getting Myst for me as a kid and it came with a blank notebook and that was it. I've started playing again. I was so pleased when I raised the ship to get to that level, even if it was mostly by accident.

Originally Posted by Potironette

Even though I can read script if it has context and is clear (computer font), I can't read messy script because the letters are weird to me. The fact that a capital G looks so much like a D gets me every time >_>

Where you also one of those who read "Gisney" at the front of every Disney film even though you knew better?


I get better at reading specific cursive styles the more I look at them. I'm terrible with my dad's, but I can read my mother's terrible handwriting and my stepmother's as well, just from exposure. I'm trying to copy an old journal in the family that's written in cursive and it's awkward when I put it down for a while because I need to re-learn the writer's habits. For instance, her k strokes are far enough apart to look like two letters, and her t crosses are usually the length of the whole word, often missing the actual letter. My mother's l's always looked like h's because she has a bumped line at the bottom. My own hands tremble at times so my writing is all over the place.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Espy

Nah, Fraktur's sharp and pointy, perfect for throwing at eyeballs.

I thought Fraktur's were the handwritten stuff, not the device you write with.

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

I remember my dad getting Myst for me as a kid and it came with a blank notebook and that was it. I've started playing again. I was so pleased when I raised the ship to get to that level, even if it was mostly by accident.



Where you also one of those who read "Gisney" at the front of every Disney film even though you knew better?


I get better at reading specific cursive styles the more I look at them. I'm terrible with my dad's, but I can read my mother's terrible handwriting and my stepmother's as well, just from exposure. I'm trying to copy an old journal in the family that's written in cursive and it's awkward when I put it down for a while because I need to re-learn the writer's habits. For instance, her k strokes are far enough apart to look like two letters, and her t crosses are usually the length of the whole word, often missing the actual letter. My mother's l's always looked like h's because she has a bumped line at the bottom. My own hands tremble at times so my writing is all over the place.

I'ma use bing to look up Myst.
Oh, another thing, I forgot some people have cursive that looks like the owner of the journal that wrote in the journal... how old is the journal?

[Den]

My cursive is... kinda bad. I can read it because I learned how to do it as a kid, and it's what most of my teachers preferred to read. I kinda don't get how you could mistake a "G" for a "D", but that may just be me not really seeing things right.

[Boris]

Let's be pen pal'?

Anyways, yeah, I prefer to read cursive... if I were patient with children, I'd be an elementary school teacher to teach cursive, and once I taught them cursive, no printing allowed... well, maybe not, but I do want to see more cursive.

[Potironette]

I learned the word "Disney" before seeing the script so nah. It takes me a split second to realize if something's "D" or "G" when reading it, and I occasionally mess up when writing them. I think I focus too much on the curvy side of the "G" instead of the bendy bit at the top and that's why I forget what's what.

My favorite letter is lowercase f xD

[Boris]

Hmm... maybe I can use dances to but ghosts to sleep and then try getting them to hurt themselves. That'd be good for me.

My favourite letter is capital D.

[Espy]

Yes, Fraktur's the written font, but the written font is sharp and pointy. -brain is weird-

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Originally Posted by Boris

Oh, another thing, I forgot some people have cursive that looks like the owner of the journal that wrote in the journal... how old is the journal?

I'm not sure what you're saying, here, but the content of the journal is from 1784 and details the sea crossing of my ancestors to Canada during the American Revolution. The original journal was too wet and molded, so the woman's daughter re-wrote it. I'm not sure how old the journal I have actually is, but likely over 200 years.

I'm copying it again since the writing is beginning to fade. My older sister actually made the suggestion recently that I type the thing out. That...would actually be a good idea so that I'll have a copy that is easy to distribute and I'll continue the hand-written one later. The journal is famous enough to be found online, transcribed in some places. I'm curious to compare my transcription of it to the ones I can see already done. It did sit in a museum in New Brunswick for a time, but my grandmother wouldn't renew the lease when she and her family moved out west here.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Espy

Yes, Fraktur's the written font, but the written font is sharp and pointy. -brain is weird-

Oh, okay. Yes, cursive can be sharp and pointy too.

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

I'm not sure what you're saying, here, but the content of the journal is from 1784 and details the sea crossing of my ancestors to Canada during the American Revolution. The original journal was too wet and molded, so the woman's daughter re-wrote it. I'm not sure how old the journal I have actually is, but likely over 200 years.

I'm copying it again since the writing is beginning to fade. My older sister actually made the suggestion recently that I type the thing out. That...would actually be a good idea so that I'll have a copy that is easy to distribute and I'll continue the hand-written one later. The journal is famous enough to be found online, transcribed in some places. I'm curious to compare my transcription of it to the ones I can see already done. It did sit in a museum in New Brunswick for a time, but my grandmother wouldn't renew the lease when she and her family moved out west here.

There are some things written in cursive that I can not easily read, and one of the cursive that I can't read are similar to the way you described about the "k" and "t".

[Demonskid]

-remembers her days in elementary school- QnQ my hand writing is so bad my teachers would make me redo some things because of it, and we HAD to use cursive all the time...

[Coda]

I had to write all of my papers in cursive in 5th grade. That was awful. Fortunately I wasn't graded on my penmanship.

[Potironette]

When I was in elementary school, the teachers couldn't really care less if we learned script or not. I'm pretty sure we copied first all the letters not in script (what is that called?) then later only copied half the letters for script.

[Coda]

To be fair, I'm twice your age (plus or minus a few months if I'm not mistaken). Penmanship used to be a standard school subject.