Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)

Quoting Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...>:

> Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> > En réponse à Tristan McLeay :
> >
> >
> >> Writing on every single line rather than ever second one.
> >
> >
> > Since exam paper has lines separated by 1cm, single-spaced is wide
> > enough :)) .
>
>
> That's only 2 mm taller than single-spaced (at least here, though I
> believe you said normal was 8 mm in France, too). Calling that tall
> enough (if it's 1 cm wide, you're going to have to break a *lot* of
> words!) is, IMHO, a joke (though my handwriting tends to be rather
> tall,
> but IME my handwriting double-spaced is a lot more legible than
> anyone's
> single).
You write one line of text every 16mm?

I find 8-10 mm being about ideal. Above that, it starts to look faintly
ridiculous, and wastes so much paper, below it'll begin to be hard to read.

When taking notes, I usually use 5mm squared paper, writing on every second
row - ascenders and descenders will penetrate into the "empty" lines. Writing
on every row works, but decreases writing speed, and makes it a pain to read
longer pieces. Typically found at the bottom of a page where I wanted to get
all of a proof or definition onto the same page!

                                                          Andreas