RQG 16 points 3 years ago

My 5s are apparently unreadable for most people. Whenever someone asks me what that sign or letter is on anything I wrote I will say it's a 5 without looking. They'll say how I didn't even look. But it's always correct.

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thefartographer 7 points 3 years ago

Your 5 is just a fucked up b, right?

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RQG 7 points 3 years ago

No, it's a 5. Idk why people don't see it.

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STUPIDVIPGUY 12 points 3 years ago

attach pic of your 5 and let lemmy judge

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WeLoveCastingSpellz 8 points 3 years ago

Same

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Sotar 12 points 3 years ago

5ame?

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LongPigFlavor 4 points 3 years ago

Same, I can't write a 5 in one smooth motion, when I try to it ends up looking like an S.

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Starb3an 4 points 3 years ago

I draw the "top" of my 5's with a separate line to help avoid this. Also I cross my 7's and Z's. If it's just a jumble of alphanumeric characters, I'll cross the 0's and add the serif to 1's.

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Mac 4 points 3 years ago

Missed opportunity for "5ame"

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IndiBrony 3 points 3 years ago

I went to Bangor, A55!

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checkmymixtapeyo 3 points 3 years ago

My 5 wears the top line like a floating hat. It's frustrating even to myself

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The_Picard_Maneuver 11 points 3 years ago

Yeah, I just like to sketch every letter... it's totally on purpose.

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justastranger 10 points 3 years ago

Fun fact: these pens don't actually erase, they just use heat to become invisible

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irmoz 4 points 3 years ago

Same diff

Cool info tho

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Promethiel 8 points 3 years ago

Not same diff at all

The erasing can be reversed with cold

Don't write secrets in erasable ink

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irmoz 4 points 3 years ago

Oh, I didn't know it could be reversed. My bad.

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rustyricotta 3 points 3 years ago

It's neat for writing fun secret messages. Just hold it above your stove or other heat source to easily erase the entire page, then have the recipient put it in the freezer a bit.

But yeah, don't write anything too important.

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Noodle07 8 points 3 years ago

They are so freaking good. I can't just write the letters in the right orders for the life of me

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PixxlMan 3 points 3 years ago

That is my daily driver pen type too

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The_Picard_Maneuver 6 points 3 years ago

I just rip it up and start over. I figure it looks too suspicious.

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grayman 3 points 3 years ago

The text line is the only one that matters.

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PraiseTheSoup 1 point 3 years ago

Not when bank tellers are 18 year old kids

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megane_kun 3 points 3 years ago

I've picked up a habit to (sometimes) write in all caps. On the flipside, I've picked up some strategies to differentiate letters and numbers from each other:

1 would have the top serif if it needs to be differentiated from lowercase l.
2 would start like a question mark, and then continuing on with a horizontal line, something like: ʔ︭
5 would be written in two separate strokes, the top one from left to right, and the second from top-left straight down, then a semi-circle going clockwise
6 would be written in one smooth stroke from top-right going counter-clockwise down, then up halfway, then intersecting itself at the bottom rather than bottom-left. (Kinda like φ)
7 would have the middle bar (differentiating it from a 1)
9 would have two strokes, first is a loop starting from top-right counter-clockwise almost meeting itself; second stroke goes from where the first one ends straight down-left-ish
0 would have a light stroke going from top-right to bottom-left
D would be two strokes, kinda like this: |>
I would have the top and bottom serifs
J would have its top serif and its tail emphasized and angular, kinda like this: ˧˩̅ (I really hope the unicode characters show up properly)
S would have its upper part smaller, and its lower part larger and more emphasized, so that it'd look more like a coiled snake.
U would look like my lowercase u (with the right vertical downward stroke).
V would be written in two strokes: top-left to bottom, and top-right to bottom.
X is also written in two strokes: top-left to bottom-right, and top-right to bottom-left
Z would optionally have the middle bar (Ƶ), but it usually doesn't need it to differentiate from 2

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Rentlar 3 points 3 years ago

I do the bars for 7, Z and the Ø for 0 when I'm worried about confusion. D I make sure the bar is straight or concave, in two strokes.

Also my 1s and lowercase Ls are both single stroke so to differentiate I make it look more like a mirrored J.

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rdri 3 points 3 years ago

Just Đo it with the bar, yeah.

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ProvokedGamer 2 points 3 years ago

For me it’s:

9 looks like 0

0 looks like 9

5 looks like S

6 looks like b

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STUPIDVIPGUY 2 points 3 years ago

starting a to-do list i guess

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Rentlar 1 point 3 years ago

Perhaps yeah.

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MarigoldPuppyFlavors 8 points 3 years ago

I'm likely past the mid point of my life and still waiting for the day when I wake to find myself imbued with this sort of audacious level of confidence.

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