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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Who writes TODAY in All capitals on paper?

What happens more often is my sloppy 6 and 0 look too similar.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

For me it’s:

9 looks like 0

0 looks like 9

5 looks like S

6 looks like b

[-] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

starting a to-do list i guess

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago
[-] megane_kun@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've picked up a habit to (sometimes) write in all caps. On the flipside, I've picked up some strategies to differentiate letters and numbers from each other:

  • 1 would have the top serif if it needs to be differentiated from lowercase l.
  • 2 would start like a question mark, and then continuing on with a horizontal line, something like: ʔ︭
  • 5 would be written in two separate strokes, the top one from left to right, and the second from top-left straight down, then a semi-circle going clockwise
  • 6 would be written in one smooth stroke from top-right going counter-clockwise down, then up halfway, then intersecting itself at the bottom rather than bottom-left. (Kinda like φ)
  • 7 would have the middle bar (differentiating it from a 1)
  • 9 would have two strokes, first is a loop starting from top-right counter-clockwise almost meeting itself; second stroke goes from where the first one ends straight down-left-ish
  • 0 would have a light stroke going from top-right to bottom-left
  • D would be two strokes, kinda like this: |>
  • I would have the top and bottom serifs
  • J would have its top serif and its tail emphasized and angular, kinda like this: ˧˩̅ (I really hope the unicode characters show up properly)
  • S would have its upper part smaller, and its lower part larger and more emphasized, so that it'd look more like a coiled snake.
  • U would look like my lowercase u (with the right vertical downward stroke).
  • V would be written in two strokes: top-left to bottom, and top-right to bottom.
  • X is also written in two strokes: top-left to bottom-right, and top-right to bottom-left
  • Z would optionally have the middle bar (Ƶ), but it usually doesn't need it to differentiate from 2
[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I do the bars for 7, Z and the Ø for 0 when I'm worried about confusion. D I make sure the bar is straight or concave, in two strokes.

Also my 1s and lowercase Ls are both single stroke so to differentiate I make it look more like a mirrored J.

[-] rdri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Just Đo it with the bar, yeah.

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