typography and calligraphy
Jun. 17th, 2005 02:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI did post about this stuff before (damn, can't find the link, despite LJ... what a pain that LJ isn't searchable), but now I've found an image of Dutch handwriting
Notice the "8" on top of the page. The g's and a's also strike me as unusual, although I have seen this "a" a lot around here.
Notice the "8" on top of the page. The g's and a's also strike me as unusual, although I have seen this "a" a lot around here.
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Date: 2005-06-17 01:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-06-17 06:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-06-17 06:36 pm (UTC)I studied graphology for a while. They tested IQ vs writing style. Nothing tht interesting, just simply that people that find "tricks" to writing faster were simply smarter.
The "a" is a good example.
Americans waste a lot of hand gestures.