Re: Handwriting (was: Re: Moi, le Kou)

On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 10:40:25 +0900 Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
writes:
> Heh.  I have tried and *tried* to draw "aleph" (for aleph-nought)
> and the
> wretched thing never looks right.  When I look at Hebrew I always
> feel as
> though I'm missing a calligraphy pen or something to get the
> thin/thick strokes.
> YHL
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Just ignore the thin/thick strokes.
How to handwrite a "block" Alef:

1. Write a diagonal like this, but right-triangle-hypotenous style:  \
2. Around one-third (or one-fourth) of the way from the bottom of the
line, draw a line going straight up.
3. Now draw a horizontal line going from the top of that line
*leftwards*. (don't hit the diagonal)
4. Around one-third (or one-fourth) of the way from the top of the line,
draw a line going straing down.
5. Now draw a horizontal line going from the top of that line
*rightwards*. (don't hit the diagonal)

Tada!

Now, to write a handwriting script Alef, write:

Ic

(make sure you look at it with a non-serif'd font. it's just two simple
lines)


-Stephen (Steg)
 "Word making is world making."
     ~ _The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis_
          by Avivah Zornberg