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Pushing the pen is a little trickier than pulling it.
by burke 6y ago
Pushing the pen is a little trickier than pulling it.
- mathieuh 6y agoNot sure that’s true, I used to work with a right-handed Pakistani person who was fully bilingual in Urdu and English and they claimed their handwriting was neater in Urdu than English. I couldn’t tell because I can’t read Perso-Arabic. Although it’s also possible that RTL writing systems like Perso-Arabic are designed in such a way that it’s ergonomic for the right-handed majority of the population to write in. It’s an interesting topic, wonder if there are any papers on it
- ksaj 6y agoI think it is easier because the length of unbroken long lines isn't as long as in cursive Western writing. So they aren't push-hop-push-hop their way through long unbroken lines like we are. Lefties often prefer printing for exactly that reason. It's slower, but at least they can read it after.