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  bvanheu > 3 hours ago

  Hi!
  
  I can't help but notice there are different kind of ways O's are drawn in VMS. I always starts my O from the top going counterclockwise. I've exagerated the traits in KolourPaint to show the starting point and direction. There doesn't seem to be a pattern (e.g. whole page written with O from bottom). The most common O seems to be starting from the top.
  
  Starting from the top
  
     
     
     
  
  Starting from bottom
  
     
     
     
     
  
  In two quill traits
  
  These could be EVA a though?
  
     
     
     
     

• RE: The o's in VMS

  Jorge_Stolfi > 40 minutes ago

  (3 hours ago)bvanheu Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I can't help but notice there are different kind of ways O's are drawn in VMS. I always starts my O from the top going counterclockwise.

  
  In order to leave a bold trace when writing with a quill, you must apply some pressure so that the two legs of the point get spread apart, allowing the ink to flow to the tip.  In some places, when the quill was about to run out of ink, you can see the two parallel traces left by the two legs.
  
  But in that case you don't want to push the pen, because it may snag on the fibers of the paper or the dimples and bumps of the vellum.  If you are right-handed, you want to write the bold strokes  in the general direction from N-NW-W to S-SE-E.  Thus you should write the "o" with two strokes: the SW half counterclockwise, and the NE half clockwise.  Which is what we see in the VMS.
  
  You can write in a "wrong" direction if you reduce the pressure. But that produces a thinner trace; and works only for short strokes, since the tip of the quill will soon run out of ink.  On the VMS, the plumes of r, s, n were generally drawn that way -- counterclockwise from bottom to top.  The n, in particular, was usually drawn with a single stroke; that is why it often has a round bottom, instead of a sharp corner.
  
  All the best, --stolfi

• RE: The o's in VMS

  Linda > 30 minutes ago

  (3 hours ago)bvanheu Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Hi!
  
  ...
  
  These could be EVA a though?

  
  Hi! 
  
  Some look like o's to me but some do look like a's.
  
  I wonder how much misinterpretation possibilities like these get in the way of being able to properly run diagnostics and models.
  
  You almost have to include ands and ors within the file in order to see what happens in either case, then hopefully see some results that lean more one way than another in order to keep going.
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