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  2. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    A main vertical stroke is a stem. The letter m has three, the left, middle, and right stems. The central stroke of an s is known as the spine. [6] When the stroke is part of a lowercase [4] and rises above the height of an x (the x height), it is known as an ascender. [7] Letters with ascenders are b d f h k l.

  3. Gerstmann syndrome - Wikipedia

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    This disorder is often associated with brain lesions in the dominant (usually left) hemisphere including the angular and supramarginal gyri (Brodmann area 39 and 40 respectively) near the temporal and parietal lobe junction. There is significant debate in the scientific literature as to whether Gerstmann syndrome truly represents a unified ...

  4. Ma (kana) - Wikipedia

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    Stroke order in writing ま. The hiragana ま is made with three strokes: An upper horizontal line from left to right. Another horizontal line going from left to right under the first stroke. A vertical line from top to bottom, then a small loop towards the left, which then crosses the vertical line going to the right.

  5. Hemispatial neglect - Wikipedia

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    For example, a stroke affecting the right parietal lobe of the brain can lead to neglect for the left side of the visual field, causing a patient with neglect to behave as if the left side of sensory space is nonexistent (although they can still turn left). In an extreme case, a patient with neglect might fail to eat the food on the left half ...

  6. Constructional apraxia - Wikipedia

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    [7] [9] It has been linked to parietal lesions in the left and right hemisphere, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Initially, researchers tried to isolate the cause to left hemisphere lesions in the parietal lobe because of its similarities to Gerstmann syndrome; however, lesions in the dorsal stream also result in visual agnosia and a piecemeal ...

  7. Stroke count method - Wikipedia

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    A very short dash stroke downward from left to right (丶) A horizontal stroke from left to right, ending with a downwards hook to the left (乙) To input any character, the user simply presses the keys corresponding to the strokes of a character then select from a list of matching characters. The list of suggestions to choose from becomes more ...

  8. Regional handwriting variation - Wikipedia

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    a form with a slash from upper left to lower right. Confusion between the numeral 0 and the letter O can also be resolved by using a script letter O (with a loop at the top). [1] The numeral 1: This numeral is sometimes written with a serif at the top extending downward and to the left. People in some parts of Europe extend this stroke nearly ...

  9. Chinese character components - Wikipedia

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    Left-bottom surrounding (⿺): such as 進, 建 and 題. overlapping (⿻), or multi-frame surrounding: such as 坐, 乘, 幽, 噩. The principles of Chinese character first-level structure analysis can be extended to other levels. For example, character 部 is in left-right structure, where the left component is in up-down structure.