Originally Posted by Potironette (Post 1783443)

https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qim...da5aada156fb51

^That's a G, and to a person who doesn't look at script much (me), it looks a whole lot like a "D." Maybe not a "D" in script, but similar to a D in not-script (at least a lot more similar to a D than a G)

Originally Posted by Coda (Post 1783450)

I keep reading cursive Q's as 2's.

And depending on the handwriting style, sometimes F's as 7's.

Originally Posted by Boris (Post 1783440)

Maybe you could use your Fraktur things to make my cursive look even better, yeah?

Originally Posted by Espy (Post 1783425)

Ugh, I've been wanting to get Myst for ages.

Also, I too can read cursive. And write it, though I'd rather use my calligraphy pen and dole out some Fraktur.

Originally Posted by Potironette (Post 1783438)

Even though I can read script if it has context and is clear (computer font), I can't read messy script because the letters are weird to me. The fact that a capital G looks so much like a D gets me every time >_>

Originally Posted by Espy (Post 1783459)

Nah, Fraktur's sharp and pointy, perfect for throwing at eyeballs.

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh (Post 1783462)

I remember my dad getting Myst for me as a kid and it came with a blank notebook and that was it. I've started playing again. I was so pleased when I raised the ship to get to that level, even if it was mostly by accident.



Where you also one of those who read "Gisney" at the front of every Disney film even though you knew better?


I get better at reading specific cursive styles the more I look at them. I'm terrible with my dad's, but I can read my mother's terrible handwriting and my stepmother's as well, just from exposure. I'm trying to copy an old journal in the family that's written in cursive and it's awkward when I put it down for a while because I need to re-learn the writer's habits. For instance, her k strokes are far enough apart to look like two letters, and her t crosses are usually the length of the whole word, often missing the actual letter. My mother's l's always looked like h's because she has a bumped line at the bottom. My own hands tremble at times so my writing is all over the place.

Originally Posted by Boris (Post 1783511)

Oh, another thing, I forgot some people have cursive that looks like the owner of the journal that wrote in the journal... how old is the journal?

Originally Posted by Espy (Post 1783573)

Yes, Fraktur's the written font, but the written font is sharp and pointy. -brain is weird-

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh (Post 1783592)

I'm not sure what you're saying, here, but the content of the journal is from 1784 and details the sea crossing of my ancestors to Canada during the American Revolution. The original journal was too wet and molded, so the woman's daughter re-wrote it. I'm not sure how old the journal I have actually is, but likely over 200 years.

I'm copying it again since the writing is beginning to fade. My older sister actually made the suggestion recently that I type the thing out. That...would actually be a good idea so that I'll have a copy that is easy to distribute and I'll continue the hand-written one later. The journal is famous enough to be found online, transcribed in some places. I'm curious to compare my transcription of it to the ones I can see already done. It did sit in a museum in New Brunswick for a time, but my grandmother wouldn't renew the lease when she and her family moved out west here.