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  2. Regional handwriting variation - Wikipedia

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    The lowercase letter z: In the cursive style used in the United States and most Australian states (excluding South Australia), this letter is written as an ezh (ʒ). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The parts of Europe that add a crossbar to the uppercase Z may also use it the lowercase version.

  3. Technical lettering - Wikipedia

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    In some cases stability is impossible; for example, P and F are unavoidably top-heavy. In other cases the stability and grace of the letters may be maintained either by drawing the lower parts of the letters like B , E etc. wider than the upper parts, or by drawing the horizontal line at the center of these letters just above their geometric axis.

  4. Ƒ - Wikipedia

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    The letter F with hook (uppercase Ƒ, lowercase: ƒ) is a letter of the Latin script, based on the italic form of f; or on its regular form with a descender hook added. A very similar-looking letter, ʄ (a dotless j with a hook and a horizontal stroke), is used in the IPA for a voiced palatal implosive .

  5. File:D'Nealian Cursive.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: The English alphabet, both uppercase and lowercase letters, written in D'Nealian cursive script. The grey arrows, beside each letter/numeral, indicate the starting position for drawing each symbol. For letters which are written using more than one stroke, grey numbers indicate the order in which the lines are drawn.

  6. Typeface anatomy - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Typefaces are born from the struggle between rules and results. Squeezing a square about 1% helps it look more like a square; to appear the same height as a square, a circle must be measurably taller. The two strokes in an X aren't the same thickness, nor are their parallel edges actually parallel; the vertical stems of a lowercase ...

  7. Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now ...

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    Teaching of cursive writing returns after falling to the wayside amid revised learning standards and emphasis on keyboarding. Backers say it promotes learning.

  8. Word-initial ff - Wikipedia

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    The English legal handwriting of the Middle Ages has no capital F. A double f (ff) was used to represent the capital letter. In transcribing, I should write F, not ff; e. g. Fiske, not ffiske. The replacement of manuscript word-initial ff by F is now a scholarly convention. [3] Usage in names such as Charles ffoulkes and Richard ffrench ...

  9. Cursive - Wikipedia

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    Cursive is a style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined, or flowing, manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster.. This writing style is distinct from "print-script" using block letters, in which the letters of a word are unconnect