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June 28, 2009

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Benjamin

Oh man, does this come at a timely moment! I found this very article about a year ago and it's made a world of difference. Years ago I was told I needed to use a heavier pen (rather than a disposable plastic barrel type) and that made my cursive handwriting legible to me. But it wasn't until I found this article and worked on the difference between arm and finger-only writing that I could write any kind of cursive so that anyone else could read it.

Now that I've started to practice hiragana, it's odd that I can write well either way. It may be because I've been putting my "whole arm" into these characters and am starting out with a decent habit but who knows?

David

So you do kana with the whole arm? Interesting. I talked to a Japanese
guy on twitter about it, and he said only heavy calligraphers use
their arms in their writing.


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Maddy

That's a pretty sweet article--very informative. I've always had "neat" handwriting and I guess it's because I do sort of move as I write.

Shawn

i am a total figer-writer; i use my fingers for both asian and western languages :P

kasper

I also discovered that article recently. I used to spend quite some time perfecting my handwriting, but using only my fingers. It's only now I have tried using my whole arm that I feel how tiresome it is to write with only fingers. It's still a bit sloppy, but it feels much more natural to use the whole arm. Quite a pity this isn't learned correctly nowadays at primary school.

David

It does feel more natural, though to be honest, I didn't really stick to it for that long. For the time being, I'm back to sloppy finger-writing.

Idiot

I don't even know how I'm supposed to write with my whole arm! I really, truely don't understand. Wow, I'm dumb...

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