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#148079 - 05/08/08 10:18 PM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
[Re: jawjaw]
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Oh yeah...my formerly horrible penmanship is now horribly horrible! It's like my hand cannot do it anymore!
Yep......handwriting for me!!
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#148080 - 05/10/08 03:21 PM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
[Re: Di]
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I still write notes to friends . I think with e-mail it has become a lost art of writing notes to friends . I love writing thank you notes . I too have problems with my hand in writing now arthritis they call it . I just write a little slower .
Their are so many love note cards out their . I found a lot at the museum the other day like " Monet" .
Just sharing ,
Renee
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#148082 - 05/10/08 10:28 PM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
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Isn't it interesting how we all "jumped in" (me included) with this wonderful invention of "email" only to get tired of it with a desire to go BACK to the way things were.
It all evolves....just like hip huggers and bell bottoms!! LOL!!
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#148083 - 05/11/08 06:01 AM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
[Re: Di]
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chatty, I just spoke of how horrible my penmanship has become (in another thread). I've let it get that way, because I don't need it to identify who I am... we were pressed to write neatly throughout school, and my family was known for both cursive and print excellence (not bragging... but, I can't believe I took claim to that). My brothers are both left handed and you can't tell their handwriting from some fancy computer font, esp. my oldest. He draws schematics for electronics and the labeling is superb. My younger, draws plans for construction and his labeling is awesome, too. Even though mine wasn't to that caliber, it was quite good (and still can be, if I make the effort).
The biggest problem I have is, when I handwrite, I try to make it perfect. With the computer, it can be made that way... no sweat. As for being on the receiving end, I like nicely printed letters, which are much better than trying to read someone handwriting when it's not readable.
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#148086 - 05/11/08 07:28 PM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
[Re: gims]
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Registered: 01/21/07
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He draws schematics for electronics and the labeling is superb. My younger, draws plans for construction and his labeling is awesome, too. Even though mine wasn't to that caliber, it was quite good (and still can be, if I make the effort).
The biggest problem I have is, when I handwrite, I try to make it perfect. With the computer, it can be made that way... no sweat. As for being on the receiving end, I like nicely printed letters, which are much better than trying to read someone handwriting when it's not readable.
Certainly engineers and engineering technologists, trained "traditionally" not just Autocad drafting software, that sort of penmanship and labelling is beautiful for drafting purposes. Some university engineering faculties used to demand this out their civil engineerings grads. My partner remembers this.
Now it's not quite true anymore, since my department handles all the engineering technical drawings and documents. At best, you'll get a beautiful handwritten mathematical long forumulae written out...because it's probably faster instead of keying it in, given the use of some symbols.
But I think his writing was always horrible.
My handwriting started to deterioriate in my senior year at high school. I did my 4 year university degree in English list....and I HANDWROTE some of my essays.
For some of the essay exams, I did get professors bloodying my papers with red penmarks because they ...couldn't read some of my handwriting. Most likely it probably lowered my mark abit...well I actually had one prof. who told me it did.
Funny, buttress this against what I can do with paint-steel nib-from-inkpot Western calligraphy on fine paper..medieval and gothic style scripts with all those fancy feet (that's what calligrapahers all the tiny strokes, finishes at ends of "h", "n", etc.) And I can do whole pieces with a perfect 33degree angle as required without a liner underneath. It's in the rhythm, touch of pen on surface that can become mesmerizing...one can fall into a temporary MUSE trance..and end up calligraphing words with spelling errors!
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#148087 - 05/12/08 04:19 AM
Re: Hand written letters etc.
[Re: orchid]
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orchid, calligraphy, in itself, is an art... and to get it on paper without a line aid underneath, that's remarkable. I'm impressed. I did the National Anthem on a heavy textured onion skin, once, and it was a laborious task. I didn't used an aid, either... all done by eyeballing... quite hard for me... didn't enjoy at all. I attempted calligraphy again when I addressed the invitations for our oldest daughter's wedding. UHG, never again, I tell you. At least now, you can have it done... not that I have anyone else to marry off.
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