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[–] Fallenwout@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (12 children)

Can someone explain why one cannot read cursive? It is just a tilted (sometimes fancy) font, what's so hard about it?

Edit: After being made aware by a fellow lemmy'er and googling it, it seems I confused cursive with italics, English is not my first language. Though I learned cursive at school when I was 6 without realizing it is called cursive in English. It was part of the basic curriculum at that time, didn't know this wasn't a thing in other countries.

[–] TealTallMachine@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

As someone who didn't learn English as a first language, cursive is like another language to me. I don't recognize half of the letters, and i never encountered it enough to properly learn it or have an incentive to learn it.

[–] Fallenwout@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

[Serious]Can you read when you tilt a page 30° to the left? Or is it more about the font type than the font angle?

[–] musky_occultist@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think you're thinking of italics, not cursive.

[–] Fallenwout@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Your are correct, I looked up the difference.

Seems though I learned cursive at school when I was 6 without realizing it is called cursive in English (English is not my first language) . Didn't know this wasn't a thing in other countries.

I downvoted myself :D

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