[BlindTlk] [BlTlk] handwriting idea

[Jude DaShiell]

I don't remember having been told but it has served me well!



Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2023, Judy Jones wrote:

> Oh yes. What was the name of the system?
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> Judy
> sent from the Android HIMS BS6 braille tablet
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> "Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, January 13, 2023 04:58 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> CC: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
> Subject: [BlindTlk] handwriting idea
>
> I was thinking about the handwriting system I had been taught at what was
> then Arkansas Enterprises For The blind now named Lions World
> International.  The system I learned was not cursive and this system has
> proved beneficial to this day.  One mistake I made was not writing down
> the braille directions to produce the letters and preserving those
> directions for future use.  I may be able to reproduce those directions
> anyway since those use the braille system to create the handwritten
> letters.  The letters resemble the Futura  Italic Font.  One of the
> problems I had at that time when learning that system was how to document
> writing that went below the base line.  I think I figured that out now.
> First, use the 8 dot cell with 7 below the 3 and 8 below the 6.  The 3 and
> 6 are on the base line.  So for a capital j, I would use straight lines
> with no curves and would start at 3 and go 3,4,6,3,6 at this point we have
> to go below the base line so bb8,bb7,6 and the letter is finished.  If
> drawn correctly, it is a large right triangle with right angle on dot 6
> side attached to a smaller right triangle below the base line.  I used bb
> followed by a number to tell any reader go below base line and the number
> immediately after the bb is your next destination.  For those that never
> learned this system of handwriting none of this will make sense.  I
> unlearned cursive since all I could do after much practice was sloppy
> cursive.  This new system is easily legible for others that see it for the
> first time and handwriting does not usually improve with age.  Now I think
> of it I'll put Sculpey on my shopping list and practice letters in that
> clay.  When I learned this system of handwriting, I didn't just learn my
> signature either.
>
> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> .
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