kit lecter 🦇👹
As a lefty (as in, left-handed), I have tried numerous ways, since I've learned to write, to avoid the dreaded smudges.
Who amongst us hasn't experienced the side palm dirty with ink and the writing on the page smudged beyond recognition?
My uncle used to write from the top of the page, wrist bent at an uncomfortable angle, nearly writing upsidedown.
My own solution? Hold my hand and pen 'normally', but put my paper sideways, my arm more or less parallel with my torso (depending if I'm writing with table support or not). No smudges of any kind and no (additional) wrist pain. It's garnered weird looks, but if it works.... /shrugs

How do you, fellow lefties, avoid the smudges?

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Apr 13 at 11:22amWeb
Show threadEmma Cox1d ago

@thegoblinwitch as a toddler first learning to write, I copied my right-handed parents and ended up mirror writing.

Mirror writing still comes easily to me. That’s probably the only time my writing isn’t smudgy. I don’t mind so much having ink-stained hands.

Show threadkit lecter 🦇👹1d ago
@Emmacox ooh! Mirror writing is an interesting tool to have in one's arsenal. A bit jealous, now actually. ​​

I don't mind the ink-stained hands either, it's the smudged beyond recognition writing I'm more concerned with. My handwriting is hard enough to decipher without adding in a bonus extra hard level on top! ​​
Show threadEmma Cox1d ago

@thegoblinwitch My rushed note-taking cursive is a mess.

I believe the issue is everyone increasingly writes with a keyboard. With the speed of typing and the use of predictive text, people find writing by hand frustrating because it is naturally slower. Also, many don't even have an opportunity to practice handwriting. I think some places don't even teach cursive anymore.

Teaching myself to slow down my handwriting has improved its readability.

Show threadkit lecter 🦇👹1d ago
@Emmacox when I take the time, it is indeed much more readable! It's what I do when I write letters or postcards to people (still very fond of snail mail). But everyday note taking/writing tends to be more rushed (though nothing as bad as my uni days note taking).

I started to write in cursive when I was 9 for school and had to continue all the way to the end of high school, so cursives are my main way of writing, which probably does not help with readability when rushed ​​ It's a shame if it's indeed not taught in school anymore, itcs always good to have choices in how to write. I'm much slower when not writing cursives and yet somehow mange to make it messier!
Show threadRobbie 👾 (Author)1d ago
@thegoblinwitch I too am a southpaw. To be honest, anything I expect anyone else to read at length is typed out. Most of my handwriting is notes and often notes encrypted in not only a different alphabet, sometimes upside-down, but written right to left. I find I also write right to left or bottom to top on notes intended for someone else.
Show threadkit lecter 🦇👹1d ago
@robbienorlyn I see your avatar is a propos, you are indeed a wizard! Upsidedown and right to left and in a different alphabet! So many skills one wants to now acquire! ​​
Show threadLou Plummer 💖1d ago
@thegoblinwitch When my wife and I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail on our honeymoon, as is the tradition, we used “trail names" given to us by others who were also making the trek to Maine. Mine was Lefty and I still use it, on my license plate. I write with my right hand though.