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As a leftie, how would you write without going over already-written stuff? The only way would be to write backwards, right? I just gravitated toward fast-dryin
by loloquwowndueo 5y ago
As a leftie, how would you write without going over already-written stuff? The only way would be to write backwards, right?
I just gravitated toward fast-drying pens for the rare occasion when I do need to write by hand. Like you I have been using a computer for any serious, long writing task since I was 12 or so.
- Jtsummers 5y agoDownward and sideways. Turn the paper clockwise by 90° and write down each column (formerly rows across the page) from the right side (previously the top) of the page to the left. That’s what my leftie former boss did, and her handwriting was great. Without being able to easily rotate the characters, here’s what it would look like: JH te sl ul mo m, e r s Just imagine each letter rotated clockwise 90°.
- drewg123 5y agoEvery time i tried to do that, i'd get yelled at by my elementary school teachers, so that common sense method was drilled out of me. I should have just converted to being a righty..
- TchoBeer 5y agoThe lefty problem is why I'm baffled that languages like Hebrew or Arabic that write right to left exist at all. Surely most people are righties, and writing systems would be written with that in mind.
- GormanFletcher 5y agoSome lefties learn to write by either hooking their hand above or angling it below below the line being written, sometimes complemented by slanting the page toward or away from their writing arm.