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> Only й and э require two strokes Wouldn't the ф as well? > [for the x], I draw two mirrored c’s Isn't that what everyone is doing, or are we Frenchmen the
by shakow 3mo ago
> Only й and э require two strokes
Wouldn't the ф as well?
> [for the x], I draw two mirrored c’s
Isn't that what everyone is doing, or are we Frenchmen the exception?
For reference if the author reads this, we write the latin x exactly like the cyrillic х, i.e. reverse c, bottom-left to top-right diagonal, normal c.
- phoronixrly 3mo ago> Wouldn't the ф as well? Not if you write it as qo for lower case and oJo for capital.
- shakow 3mo agoOh nice, I was taught to write it first a “barless small-case f”, then an “infinite” in the middle.
- theresistor 3mo ago> Isn't that what everyone is doing, or are we Frenchmen the exception? > For reference if the author reads this, we write the latin x exactly like the cyrillic х, i.e. reverse c, bottom-left to top-right diagonal, normal c. I was taught script in the US and Italy as a child, and never learned it like this.
- shakow 3mo agoHow do you write it; two separate diagonal bars like described in the article? In this case, how do you “flow” it within a word?
- brainwad 3mo agoI write it with a descending curve, then go back and cross it with an ascending diagonal line when crossing t's / dotting i's/j's. Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cel3GtSOzow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cel3GtSOzow. I think that's pretty standard in English cursives.
- dwringer 3mo agoYes; I learned it that way as well but I was never able to write them smoothly or legibly. I consciously practiced cursive in adulthood and only then discovered the mirrored-c technique, which always looks right and flows far better. There are a lot of problems IMHO with the D'Nealian method that US pupils were prescribed, likely responsible for the huge backlash against cursive in general.
- actionfromafar 3mo agoI have seen it in older texts somewhere.
- sudb 3mo agoI learned to write x this way during undergrad - supposedly for fluidity and speed but I think I just liked the way it looked