• xkcd: Cursive Letters

    From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 07:25:56 2024
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 07:27:18 2024
    On 3/28/2024 3:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    ÿÿ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    And I just thought of another person who writes in cursive. James
    Patterson writes all of his books in cursive in a notebook for each
    book. He has at least 30 notebooks at any give moment.

    Lynn


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  • From William Hyde@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 07:50:21 2024
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    I write in cursive. My writing has not become illegible with advancing age.

    It was always illegible.


    William Hyde






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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 08:40:20 2024
    On 3/28/2024 3:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    I write in cursive.ÿ My writing has not become illegible with advancing
    age.

    It was always illegible.


    William Hyde

    My grandfather taught engineering drafting at TAMU for over 30 years.
    His replacement lectured me several times on my less than perfect
    lettering on drawings, especially stating to me, "Mr. McGuire, your grandfather freehanded all these drawings with perfection". I never
    said a word back but I wanted to.

    Lynn



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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 11:00:37 2024
    On 3/28/2024 4:27 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/28/2024 3:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    ÿÿÿ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    And I just thought of another person who writes in cursive.ÿ James
    Patterson writes all of his books in cursive in a notebook for each
    book.ÿ He has at least 30 notebooks at any give moment.

    So does Neal Stephenson.

    pt


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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 11:01:06 2024
    On 3/28/2024 4:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    I write in cursive.ÿ My writing has not become illegible with advancing
    age.

    It was always illegible.


    William Hyde

    Your are my people!

    pt


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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 11:23:13 2024
    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.


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  • From Joe Pfeiffer@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 13:15:01 2024
    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.

    Anything I write that I want someone (even me) to be able to read later
    is typed. I typed my letters to my high school girlfriend.

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  • From D@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Mar 29 20:54:35 2024
    This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
    while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.

    --8323328-1792289668-1711706077=:20926
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT



    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:

    On 3/28/2024 4:27 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/28/2024 3:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
        https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes in >>> cursive.  It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I love >>> her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
        https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    And I just thought of another person who writes in cursive.  James
    Patterson writes all of his books in cursive in a notebook for each book.  >> He has at least 30 notebooks at any give moment.

    So does Neal Stephenson.

    pt

    Neal Stephenson writes his book by hand? Given the enormous bricks I find
    that very hard to imagine. It must be such a slow process! On the other
    hand, I'm of the generation who is slowly starting to forget how to use a
    pen and paper due to way too many years in the IT-indsutry. --8323328-1792289668-1711706077=:20926--

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Mar 30 02:49:58 2024
    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


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  • From Mark Jackson@3:633/280.2 to All on Sun Mar 31 07:18:14 2024
    On 3/28/2024 4:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    Apparently not. Have you seen the self-describing t-shirt he made some
    years ago, back when he sold shirts? I'm wearing mine as I type.

    https://st-eutychus.com/2011/shirt-of-the-day-self-descriptive-shirt-from-xkcd/

    (Be sure to scroll down to see the back.)

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Everything that needs to be said has already been said.
    But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.
    - Andr‚ Gide


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  • From Mad Hamish@3:633/280.2 to All on Sat Apr 6 23:48:41 2024
    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:00:37 -0400, Cryptoengineer
    <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 3/28/2024 4:27 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 3/28/2024 3:25 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    ÿÿÿ https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive.ÿ It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    ÿÿÿ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    And I just thought of another person who writes in cursive.ÿ James
    Patterson writes all of his books in cursive in a notebook for each
    book.ÿ He has at least 30 notebooks at any give moment.

    So does Neal Stephenson.

    I think Neil Gaimon does as well

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  • From Pluted Pup@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Apr 24 06:20:40 2024
    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote:

    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.

    Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the
    term "printed" is too confusing nowadays,
    as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?".

    I use block letters because I want to be able to
    read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters
    writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't
    also mess up my readability by using cursive for words.

    Then again the term "block letters" imply someone
    who writes in all capitals.

    It's all too ambiguous.



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  • From Your Name@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Apr 24 08:18:22 2024
    On 2024-04-23 20:20:40 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote:
    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.

    Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the
    term "printed" is too confusing nowadays,
    as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?".

    I use block letters because I want to be able to
    read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters
    writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't
    also mess up my readability by using cursive for words.

    Then again the term "block letters" imply someone
    who writes in all capitals.

    It's all too ambiguous.

    The technical term for non-cursive writing with each letter separate is "cuneive", but almost nobody uses or knows that.

    There's also "architectural lettering" (used on blueprints, etc.),
    which is non-cursive handwriting. Basically a sub-set of block letters
    which is usually all uppercase letters, but can also include lowercase
    letters or use smaller uppercase letter to replace the lowercase ones.



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  • From D@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Apr 24 19:32:28 2024


    On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Pluted Pup wrote:

    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote:

    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.

    Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the
    term "printed" is too confusing nowadays,
    as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?".

    I use block letters because I want to be able to
    read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters
    writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't
    also mess up my readability by using cursive for words.

    Then again the term "block letters" imply someone
    who writes in all capitals.

    It's all too ambiguous.



    No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks. Obviously!
    ;)

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Apr 25 01:29:03 2024
    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
    --
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  • From BCFD 36@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Apr 25 04:39:04 2024
    On 4/24/24 02:32, D wrote:


    On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Pluted Pup wrote:

    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote:

    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still writes >>>> in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.

    Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the
    term "printed" is too confusing nowadays,
    as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?".

    I use block letters because I want to be able to
    read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters
    writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't
    also mess up my readability by using cursive for words.

    Then again the term "block letters" imply someone
    who writes in all capitals.

    It's all too ambiguous.



    No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks.
    Obviously! ;)

    Wrong, banana breath! Block letters are the letters found on the sides
    of the cubical wood blocks we played with as children.
    --
    ----------------
    Dave Scruggs
    Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
    Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)


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  • From D@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Apr 25 05:01:30 2024


    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 Paul S Person@3:633/280.2 to All on Fri Apr 26 01:46:56 2024
    On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:39:04 -0700, BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> wrote:

    On 4/24/24 02:32, D wrote:
    =20
    =20
    On Tue, 23 Apr 2024, Pluted Pup wrote:
    =20
    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:23:13 -0700, Your Name wrote:

    On 2024-03-28 20:25:56 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:

    xkcd: Cursive Letters
    https://xkcd.com/2912/

    Is there anything that Randall cannot graph ?

    My 82 year old mother is the only person that I know that still =
    writes
    in cursive. It is almost illegible due to slant and compactness but=
    I
    love her for it anyway.

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2912:_Cursive_Letters

    Lynn

    I have three handwriting styles:

    Cursive writing used for things like greetings cards and my =
    signature.
    It's pretty easy to read.

    Non-cursive (aka printing or block letters) used for important
    documents, such as legal or banking forms, school / university =
    exams,
    etc., that needs to be easily readable by anyone.

    And the third one is a semi-mixture of the two, which I use when
    writing hurried notes for myself.

    Block letters, so that's what it's called. Using the
    term "printed" is too confusing nowadays,
    as in the question "is it handwritten or printed?".

    I use block letters because I want to be able to
    read back what I wrote. I don't smear my characters
    writing down a phone number, so I wouldn't
    also mess up my readability by using cursive for words.

    Then again the term "block letters" imply someone
    who writes in all capitals.

    It's all too ambiguous.



    No, block letters are letter constructed from building blocks.=20
    Obviously! ;)

    Wrong, banana breath! Block letters are the letters found on the sides=20
    of the cubical wood blocks we played with as children.

    I was going to suggest "block printing", but it turns out that that
    has a completely different meaning to what is wanted here.

    Although I suppose those blocks, combined with mommy's black ink,
    could be used for "block printing" ...
    --=20
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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