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Charles Butler wrote:<br>
Valerie, could you please post exactly what to do with the flat hand
parallel to the floor. If both the bottom and top are off, I don't see
any way to separate the extended fingers.<br>
<br>
Charles<br>
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Hello Charles,<br>
Valerie explained this on an earlier Handwriting-Web-Lesson, please
take a look at this link: <a
href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/curs011.html</a><br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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<p align="justify"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="3">Horizontal Stroke Marks Hand<br>
Parallel With Floor<br>
</font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">(Hand-Printing
Only)<br>
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When typing by computer, the small space at the knuckle joint that
represents the hand parallel with the floor is typed quickly by tapping
on a certain key on the computer keyboard.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">When
writing by hand, creating a symbol with a space at the knuckle joint
can be time consuming.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Below
you will notice that one horizontal stroke is used to indicate the
space at the knuckle joint. It is faster to write than to write a
perfect space by hand.<br>
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This quick horizontal stroke is written after the symbol is completed,
a little like returning to "dot the i" when writing in English. It is
important to make the stroke horizontal, and not diagonal. </font> </p>
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<center> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Write
vertical rows of each symbol below:<br>
<img src="cid:part1.09060105.07080603@plh.lu"><br>
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