Poll: Perhaps the most important question given that it's almost 2017

[Chaotic42]

It's almost 2017 and you'll soon be writing sevens left and right. Do you write your sevens with bars through them?

I don't know where I picked it up, but I've had professors call me out on it. I like it. Barless sevens are just wrong.

 

[SKORPI0]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_(number)

Most people in Continental Europe[10] and increasingly in the UK and Ireland as well as Latin America write 7 with a line in the middle ("7"), sometimes with the top line crooked. The line through the middle is useful to clearly differentiate the character from the number one, as these can appear similar when written in certain styles of handwriting. This glyph is used in official handwriting rules for primary school in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, other Slavic countries,[11] as well as in France, Belgium, Finland,[12] Romania, Germany and Hungary.[13][not in citation given]

 

[MrSquished]

I use a bar on my sevens. Picked it up when I lived overseas for a year and went to a British private school in, coincidentally enough, seventh grade.

 

[pcgeek11]

I do this too ( a 7 with a bar ) due to working for a German Company they all do it. I also have a habit of using a comma for a decimal point ( 1,5 instead of 1.5 ).

 

[lxskllr]

Yes. I started doing it for two reasons. First is I like the way it looks. I also bar my Zs. More importantly, I used to write a lot of numbers fast, and the circle on my 9s would collapse, and end up looking like a 7. Barring the 7 got rid of the ambiguity.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yes. I started doing it for two reasons. First is I like the way it looks. I also bar my Zs. More importantly, I used to write a lot of numbers fast, and the circle on my 9s would collapse, and end up looking like a 7. Barring the 7 got rid of the ambiguity.

Studying mathematics has changed my handwriting quite a bit, now that I think about it. I also bar my Zs and put "tails" on several letters including l, t, i, p, and q.

 

[Thebobo]

Sometimes


its like the old 4 or

 

[Chaotic42]

Sometimes


its like the old 4 or

Old 4? How else do you write it?

 

[lxskllr]

Studying mathematics has changed my handwriting quite a bit, now that I think about it. I also bar my Zs and put "tails" on several letters including l, t, i, p, and q.

Z is only letter I modify, but I write everything in all caps. I started for work purposes, and began using it everywhere. I've been complimented on my handwriting a few times, and I can't imagine why. At best, you could call it 'highly legible', but I don't think it's pretty, and it certainly isn't even. I can't write in a straight line or maintain character size for more than a sentence at a time :^D

 

[MrSquished]

Old 4? How else do you write it?

only other way I can think of is this

 

[lxskllr]

Old 4? How else do you write it?

I guess it's open top or closed top. I do closed top. Same as 7, my open top 4 could be construed as a 9. Closed top I maintain sharp angles.

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[IronWing]

^^ Shens on 5. And this is exactly why the closed top 4 is superior.

 

[Spacehead]

^^ Shens on 5. And this is exactly why the closed top 4 is superior.

You don't write your 5 in two strokes?

 

[IronWing]

You don't write your 5 in two strokes?

No. Different strokes for different folks I suppose but that's a waste of motion.

 

[disappoint]

No because I'm not from the 16th century.

 

[IronWing]

I bar my Zs but not my 7s.

 

[sandorski]

I like the crossed 7s, but don't use them. A 2 stroke 5? WTF is that?

 

[Spacehead]

BTW, i don't bar my 7

 

[Chaotic42]

I like the crossed 7s, but don't use them. A 2 stroke 5? WTF is that?

I've never even imagined writing it a different way. How do you do it?

 

[shortylickens]

mom does.
Shes canadian.

Dont like her writing.
Dont like her "out" or "house".

 

[sandorski]

I've never even imagined writing it a different way. How do you do it?

1 stroke with a 90 degree turn

 

[lxskllr]

1 stroke with a 90 degree turn

I do it like this when I want to make a pretty 5. It always seems to turn out better. Otherwise, I do two strokes.

 

[Ken g6]

People tend to think my 9's are 4's. Which they shouldn't if they see one of my 4's (open top, clear crossbar), but they do.

 

[zinfamous]

Sevens and Zeds man, absolutely.