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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My 5s are apparently unreadable for most people. Whenever someone asks me what that sign or letter is on anything I wrote I will say it's a 5 without looking. They'll say how I didn't even look. But it's always correct.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your 5 is just a fucked up b, right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's a 5. Idk why people don't see it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

attach pic of your 5 and let lemmy judge

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

yeah kinda messy I rate 5/10

here's my suggestion for making it less ambiguous

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's still a 5 out of 10 though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

anyways why does lemmy rotate our images without our consent?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Good lord finally someone with legible writing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think that's perfectly readable. My 5 just looks like an upside down L.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I’d like to see too. My 5’s look like S’s so usually people can’t discern it when I write the number in writing.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I draw the "top" of my 5's with a separate line to help avoid this. Also I cross my 7's and Z's. If it's just a jumble of alphanumeric characters, I'll cross the 0's and add the serif to 1's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I went to Bangor, A55!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My 5 wears the top line like a floating hat. It's frustrating even to myself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same, I can't write a 5 in one smooth motion, when I try to it ends up looking like an S.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Missed opportunity for "5ame"

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just do the same to the other letters, so it looks like a stylistic choice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I just like to sketch every letter... it's totally on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Ever since I was a kid, I've had trouble with 8s. To the point that the bottom part comes back together on the right side so it looks like a 9.

When I was little and learning how to write numbers, my grandma said my 8s looked. "sickly".

Somethings never change.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Then I try to erase the whole word and rewrite it, but you can still see the D after I erase it so it looks even worse

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

i have a erasable pen (via friction thing)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: these pens don't actually erase, they just use heat to become invisible

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not same diff at all

The erasing can be reversed with cold

Don't write secrets in erasable ink

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, I didn't know it could be reversed. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's neat for writing fun secret messages. Just hold it above your stove or other heat source to easily erase the entire page, then have the recipient put it in the freezer a bit.

But yeah, don't write anything too important.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They are so freaking good. I can't just write the letters in the right orders for the life of me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That is my daily driver pen type too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best is when you try to do that with one of the numbers on a check.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just rip it up and start over. I figure it looks too suspicious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The text line is the only one that matters.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Who writes TODAY in All capitals on paper?

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

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just Đo it with the bar, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

starting a to-do list i guess

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait till you are old (or rich, or qualified) enough for don't give a fuck about weird looking letters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm likely past the mid point of my life and still waiting for the day when I wake to find myself imbued with this sort of audacious level of confidence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This extends to every day life... minor mishap? Nah fam... let's introduce life ruining quest paths... what the F is wrong with me?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me: "I'm lonely. I'ma find a gf or bf."

One terrible marriage + divorce later

Me: "I'm lonely. But I'm too scared to find a gf or bf. What if it turns out like last time?"

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Ever played a sudoku before?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Bust out the white paint and pour it all over the paper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The second one actually does read easier, and that’s because with characters it’s the thought that counts

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