Re: Devanagari handwriting?

 --- Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> skrev:
> On Dec 7, 2004, at 9:36 PM, Steven Williams wrote:
> > Since learning the Devanagari abugida, I've been
> > curious as to how it's handwritten in everyday
> usage.
> > The script is _very_ difficult to write out as it
> is
> > printed, especially on account of the top bar. Do
> the
> > users of this alphabet just grin and bear it, or
> do
> > they have some form that they use in informal
> > day-to-day communication?
>
> I've seen a Bengali-speaker write in Bengali, which
> is closely related
> to Devanagari, and she always wrote the dangling
> parts of all the
> letters first, and then wrote the line across the
> top of the word at
> the end.
That's what I do, but my hand often slips and the top
line cuts the dangly parts of the character in half.
Perhaps I shouldn't use a ballpoint for writing
Devanagari :).

Another question: the reference guide I'm using says
that the entire sentence in Devanagari is written as
one word, and hence, the top line can extend all the
way across a page! Gah! Please say it ain't so! I
can't write a straight line all the way across a page
without making at least one detour!