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I did my homework before Val cleared up the topless issue the what was
confusing some of the participants. I wasn't confused but I didn't do
it the way Val expected me too either. For the horizontal flat hand I
put a line through the symbol to show that it was horizontal. I did
it this way because this is how I had seen it on the website about
handwriting (not this course) I left the fist with the index finger
topless because I figured that if the fist was topless the fist with
index should also be topless. I didn't find it confusing, it just made
sense to me at the time. In retrospect I would've made the horizontal
flat hand topless too. That way I would of had everything topless. I
think it is confusing having some horizontal symbols topless and others
not. I guess I could put an extra line through all the symbols but
that is two lines longer to write that the topless method. It would be
nice to have some kind of a standard. If we do things one way for one
symbol and another for the same position on another symbol, it will get
quite confusing. But one thing I was wondering, is it possible for all
hand shapes to be drawn topless???????? If not then we aren't any
closer to having a standard for handwriting horizontal symbols.<br>
I also share Stuart's point of view about the gap not always being
noticeable. In fact, when I was trying to show Allan to draw the
horizontal handwriting index finger that Val had written and scanned
from the fixed up web page which I had printed out, he drew it without
a gap. I told him, "Your's isn't the same as the one on the page".
He looked at what he wrote and at the printed page and claimed that
they were the same. I told him to look again. He couldn't figure out
what I thought he was doing wrong. Then he looked at it really closely
and realized that there was a gap there and fixed his lesson.<br>
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Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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cite="mid49a17c5a58aa8a99eb48ad2cb7abf557@passitonservices.org"
type="cite">I am wondering though if there would be a way to
distinguish the floor handshapes without the finger gap (at least where
it is individual fingers. In printing, I don't have a problem with the
gap because the computer takes care of writing the symbol. But, I think
that it is easier to miswrite the finger gap when handwriting. Just
thinking about when we are doing quick writing or notes in a class. it
seems to me that we would want to have the symbol be distinguishable
enough that we don't have to worry about the finger accidentally
looking connected or something. Just a thought.
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On Jan 8, 2007, at 22:22, Valerie Sutton wrote:
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Stuart Thiessen wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I worked on it as well during my lunch hour
today. I did have one question on page 5 of the PDF, and the second
sign down. For the index handshape there, I don't recall seeing that in
your list of handwriting shapes that you taught in this lesson. I
wondered if we should substitute a different sign or if you planned to
show that one but forgot. (I understand how that can happen.)
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Hello Stuart!
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Thanks for this feedback. You are right. It should have been there in
that lesson. I didn't really forget, but because it was so late at
night, and I was so tired, I thought maybe it would be obvious that it
was the same as the Printing...so I left it out. Now I see it confused
lots of people so that was the wrong call...
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So I will be posting this shortly...it is not on the web yet... but
here is an explanation...
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