Bench Gallows Writing Order

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Emma May Smith Well, I just want your opinion on the writing order of the character's strokes. Can you tell me?

Emma, maybe this can partly answer your question, but only for this particular scribe...

Look at the beginning of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. of f25r, where the leading c-shape imperfectly lines up with the crossthrough line.

That only confirms what we already knew about the writing order of ch. Specifically, that the cross bar is drawn after ee, and is drawn from right to left. The leftmost e is typically the worst aligned.

I would agree that the crossbar is drawn (most of the time) after e e has been laid down and, as far as I can tell, the gallows is added after the base has been drawn. The left e is frequently the least aligned... the connection between the bar and the e is often too short or too long. The exceptions appear to be the ones that don't fully cross through—they are sometimes drawn as one stroke, but more often as two.