Questions tagged [handwriting]
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Unreadable cursive word on returned post card [closed]
I wrote a postcard to a resident in India, but it came back to me with the mark written in a cursive style that I cannot read:
"P e b r" ...?
Can anyone tell me what it says?
Also, what ...
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Can the capital 'Y' be rendered isomorphically? (i.e. as a bigger version as the lowercase one)
I sometimes find videos or educational websites that teach children to write the uppercase Y just like the lowercase one, but in a larger size; just like in this picture here:
Is this correct or is ...
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The handwriting to text [closed]
Can someone help me to convert the image into text?
Thank you for your efforts!
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What is this swastika-looking symbol in John Hancock's family papers from circa 1762? [closed]
I was looking at the "From The Page" software and tried to transcribe a section of the Hancock family papers, and on Page 137 (seq. 139) the author used what seems to be swastikas to ...
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“She´s happy” vs “She's happy” vs “She’s happy” vs ...?
I’ve always wondered what the correct apostrophe is when using contractions. Should I use She´s happy or She's happy?
English´s a universal language.
English's a universal language.
Why do a lot of ...
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Need to learn to write by hand more neat and fast [closed]
I searched the internet for tips for writing both fast and neat for exams but only found a few tips on the internet, so I came here looking if anyone had any trade secrets they may be able to share.
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Different versions of lowercase R
I use two different versions of lowercase R (often subconsciously) while writing in English for my studies. Is this something unacceptable in cases like exams or assignment submissions?
No one ever ...
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Is there a standard for English print writing?
I want to know the 'correct' or 'standard' way to write print if there is one.
For example;
hook vs loop in lowercase g,
hook vs loop vs straight line in lowercase q,
horizontal bar vs no bar in ...
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Help me figure out these Handwriting English [closed]
I wrote a paper. A German professor gave me some handwriting comments about it. But it's hard for me to figure some words out since I am not a native English speaker. Can anyone help me? Thank you in ...
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The meaning of the Middle English word “king” [closed]
Why was the word (?verb?) "king" used in this (page 63) Mk.2:6 part of the Wycliffe Bible?
The King James Version
Mk.2:6
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their ...
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The etymology and the Middle English spelling of "beginning" [closed]
This question is about historical spelling, but in my opinion the knowledge of the historical spelling relates with the etymology knowledge.
The questions are:
1. Is the fourth letter in image 1 (y) ...
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What is the history of the cursive p?
A friend of mine (relevant detail, he grew up and learned cursive in India) recently remarked to me that he missed the way that cursive "p"s used to be written. An example of this can be seen in the ...
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What's the proper way to handwrite a lowercase letter A? [closed]
There were two ways of writing the letter A, as seen in figure 1 and figure 2. I'm a non-native English speaker and I was explicitly taught to write figure 2 by my Irish teacher. However, on computers ...
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How to write posh a's and g's [closed]
Argh, I'm having so much trouble figuring out how to handwrite the a's and g's like the computer does. I learnt on the internet that we changed them in handwriting as we were lazy, which make sense, ...
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Is there a word for the "love of one's own handwriting"?
I sometimes just want to write something because I like to see my beautiful handwriting. Is there a word for love of one's own handwriting?
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When writing in cursive, what is the proper way to write an acronym?
When writing in cursive, what is the proper way to write an acronym?
Would I just write the letters in cursive or switch to block text?
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Term for letters that appear as multiple different letters
Is there a name for a letter or word that appears as multiple different letters/words. The best way I know of to explain what I am looking for is the comical true/false word ambiguity displayed below. ...
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Word for letters that aren't typographically similar
For example I, 1, or l (lowercase L) can be indistinguishable from one another depending on the persons writing style. The same for the number 0 and the letter O.
Is there a word for letters that are ...
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How was the letter -u- written in Old English?
I was reading the etymology for 'come (v.)' when I encountered:
[...] The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid ...
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T-shirt says "Get out of my …" (help me read the last word) [closed]
I do not understand the last word. Can someone write it in plain text?
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Is there a word for a professional who has a beautiful and neat handwriting and whose work consists of using that attribute?
These days, when we use the computer for everything, it may be very difficult to find professionals who have beautiful and neat handwriting and whose work consists of using that skill. A century ago, ...
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"A friar's hand"?
I'm reading "To Rise Again at a Decent Hour" by Joshua Ferris, and the narrator/author talks about looking over the shoulder of someone studying the Bible on the subway, and noticing that there are "...
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What is the action of writing with both hands simultaneously called?
I can write with both my hands so I am ambidextrous. But it means adept and deft in using both the hands equally. So if someone was exhibiting their skill of ambidexterity by writing something with ...
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What did Old English use Ꝥ for?
Here are some examples of citations in the OED of Old English where they use a standalone crossed thorn, Ꝥ:
Þu aclænsast Ꝥ weofod and ʒehalʒast.
Þær after com swulke mon-qualm Ꝥ lute hær ...
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Analog vs Digital: Describing modes of note-taking
With regard to note-taking is it correct to call handwriting on paper the "analog" counterpart to digital "typing" on a computer?
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Apostrophes in cursive script
I'm currently composing a letter to a good friend of mine—using actual pen and paper—and I just realised, that I have absolutely no idea how to properly handle apostrophes in cursive script.
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A ligature "og"
I met a ligature "og" in one of the manuscripts. It is hard to see this ligature there (look at the word "logicae". Have you met anything similar? Is there a better manuscript with this ligature or it'...
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Opposite word for “cursive”, as related to writing
I looked up the etymology entry at etymonline.com for cursive, which reads:
1784, from French cursif (18c.), from Medieval Latin cursivus “running,” from Latin cursus “a running,” from past ...
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Why is 1 hand-written without a serif and 7 without a dash? [closed]
I've noticed that people coming from English-speaking countries tend to write "1" without the upstroke and "7" without a dash:
which differs from the way the numbers are usually written in ...
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Ye olde english alphabet question: Any other letters lost besides thorn, edh, and yogh?
According to this link, we are missing (in Modern English) at least three letters that used to be in common use in English. These are thorn, edh, and yogh.
Are there others that were clearly in the ...
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Your signature vs your mark
Is there a difference between your 'signature' and your 'mark'? One of the comments on this post on Bruce Schneier's blog claims there is:
This might be out of date in these days of 100% literacy (...
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What do you call a person who takes interest in analyzing people's handwritings?
Is there any single word that is used to indicate a person who reads the psychological aspect of people's handwritings (like what they believe and what type of people they are, etc.)?
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How does a signature develop?
In English, unlike in many other languages, signatures are typically very different from ordinary handwriting. A signature will often display all kinds of wild flourishes and elision of forms and what ...
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