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  • Re: xkcd: Cursive Letters

    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu on Fri Mar 29 15:49:58 2024
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    Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
    My third grade teacher guessed that, based on my handwriting, I might
    have a small motor coordination disability. They tried to teach me
    cursive, but the fact they couldn't read my block printing led them to >conclude fairly quickly that cursive wasn't likely to be a success. This
    was an accurate conclusion.

    Mine just beat me over the forehead with a ruler for two years and screamed
    at me about making my Os round until they eventually gave up on me and put
    me into a typing class.
    --scott


    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to nospam@example.net on Wed Apr 24 15:29:03 2024
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    D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
    No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks. Obviously!

    It's all the fault of that Gutenberg guy and his crazy movable type.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Wed Apr 24 21:01:30 2024
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    On Wed, 24 Apr 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:

    D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
    No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks. Obviously!

    It's all the fault of that Gutenberg guy and his crazy movable type.
    --scott


    Very true!

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 3 18:32:48 2024
    On Wed, 01 May 2024 11:53:12 -0700, Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com>
    wrote:

    Too ambiguous! The cursive may have been printed by
    a computer!

    Too true - in my mis-spent youth I was a big font collector - 2000+ -
    quite a few of them are indeed cursive. Some of my favorites were
    ttf's design to mimic the handwriting of certain famous people.

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