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I've always disagreed with the whole "leans forward/backward" logic. I feel that a slash is a character that you draw by moving your pen _forward_ along the pag
by Aramgutang 15y ago
I've always disagreed with the whole "leans forward/backward" logic. I feel that a slash is a character that you draw by moving your pen _forward_ along the page, while a backslash is drawn by moving your pen _backward_. I guess the added problem with that is that probably not all people start drawing slashes from the top.
I should add that my opinion doesn't stop me from using the correct term in conversation.
- ars 15y agoYou still use a pen? :) I don't start a slash from the top or the bottom - I start it from the left, and go up or down. The reasoning is simple: Draw a straight line. Lean it. Is it leaning left? It's leaning backward. Leaning right? Leaning forward.
- evoxed 15y agoWhen explaining this I usually use add one detail: just as a stick leans from a point on the ground, so does a slash lean from the baseline of the typeset.