
The next person loves to try food of many different countries.
Yes, but only because we bother to put very few up. And I myself had no part in it.becki_kanou wrote:The next person has already finished putting up their holiday decorations.
NileCat wrote:The next person likes old-fashioned cursive handwriting.
I presume this (as a personal handwriting) looks old-fashioned except for the commercial use.micahcowan wrote:What is meant by "old-fashioned cursive"? Cursive still seems pretty popular to me, so I'm curious about the contrast?
They're okay... I don't dislike them, I like some of them, but I don't actually like to go trawling around the neighborhood specifically to see them, like the rest of my family does.NileCat wrote:The next person likes to watch Christmas light-ups.
This one doesn't look appreciably different from the one below, except that it was written using a wide pen (imitation of fountain pen, or more likely a pen with a separate ink-well, like what was in use a couple hundred years ago).I presume this (as a personal handwriting) looks old-fashioned except for the commercial use.micahcowan wrote:What is meant by "old-fashioned cursive"? Cursive still seems pretty popular to me, so I'm curious about the contrast?
I still see this, or variations of it, pretty regularly. It depends, though: I don't see the beginning strokes, pretty much ever. But I don't think they were really ever used, either. They're not a part of "real" handwriting. You're taught the beginning and ending strokes, but those exist just in order to connect to the next letter, so they're not needed for the beginnings. I do usually see strokes at the end (at least, I use them myself), primarily because that's how you've learned to finish the letter. But not usually as exaggerated as you see in the font you show: that sort of clearly exaggerated final stroke is stylistic, and honestly is a little out-of-place with the actual style of that font, IMO. It seems more appropriate to someone who's writing quickly, in which case the style would be a bit more cramped I think.
becki_kanou wrote:C'mon, Dustin NOBODY likes fruitcake.
The next person is currently wearing a Santa Hat! (I am!)