Weird letters

[j rake]

I can't sign my name in cursive the same way every time. Not even close. It has been a lifelong struggle and it's super embarrassing when having to fill out multiple-page forms such as lease agreements, new bank account, etc.

[chum1]

j rake strugglepost alert

[Trim]

I think at least one bar application required me to write out some stuff in cursive.  It was pretty bad.

[Saulbadguy]

I just scribble.

[slobber]

I never would have thought this would be a good thread, but I've been wrong before....MOAR!!!!


Prepare to be mind blown, mrsdobber does this stuff called calligraphy. It's really fancy cursive writing. She has even been paid to address wedding invitations and such.

[Kat Kid]

When you see a cursive letter, you know it's a letter. When you see East Asian writing, you have no idea what the eff you're looking at. It's just a bunch of lines.

It is why I never want to go there.  Terrifying.

[Stevesie60]

Why is it uppercase R and a lowercase r? How are those letters even remotely related?

[bones129]

Why is it uppercase R and a lowercase r? How are those letters even remotely related?

Well, that's a good question. After scrutinizing the letters of the alphabet, I detect that it's the only letter that has a closed uppercase section, but no lowercase closed section. So: