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One thing I did that helped me improve a lot was to start using a pen with a smaller point. This required greater precision to connect stroke. I had to improv
by LanceH 7y ago
One thing I did that helped me improve a lot was to start using a pen with a smaller point. This required greater precision to connect stroke. I had to improve the whole stroke and not just fudge it at the finish with a thicker line.
I highly recommend a smaller point if you're doing math with exponents on exponents.
- mkl 7y agoInteresting. I found the opposite! With a thick point you have no choice but to shape things well and keep loops open, or the lines overlap and you end up with a messy blob. I do most of my writing giving maths lectures and preparing for them, and I do all my writing digitally (mostly on a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, under a document camera in lectures), so I have a record of the improvement in my writing (e.g. the same lecture examples 6-7 times, spaced a few months apart each). I use the two previous semesters/years' versions in preparation, and the improvement is clear and steady. I started with fairly thin lines, comparable to a thick ballpoint, and have ended up settling on fairly thick felt-tipped pen width, like a Sharpie. When I'm writing for myself I tend to use a thinner pen (and write smaller and more compressed together).