true-boldface Vectors while handwriting?
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From: RichD on 24 Feb 2010 13:35 On Feb 22, Super Bladder (olympic-class self-control) wrote: > in physics & math, boldfaced type is used to indicate that a quantity > is a Vector. > > But when handwriting (as on a classroom blackboard), the convention > is to put a line over the letter, as bolding handwriting is > difficult. But is it impossible? Can there be any way to handwrite > in true-bolding? Flame thrower? -- Rich
From: olympic-class self-control on 26 Feb 2010 08:40 On Feb 23, 10:53 am, "Mike Terry" <news.dead.person.sto...(a)darjeeling.plus.com> > When I was little, I remember receiving an ingenious little pen > were "mathematicians pens" designed to distinguish not only vectors/scalers, > but also matrices, along with variables vs. constants, complex numbers vs.. > reals etc.. Color-coding of quantities? Ok, it's easier to find a box of various colored chalks, than a collection of different thicknesses of chalk - but what's the code?!?
From: J. Clarke on 26 Feb 2010 09:59 On 2/26/2010 8:40 AM, olympic-class self-control wrote: > On Feb 23, 10:53 am, "Mike Terry" > <news.dead.person.sto...(a)darjeeling.plus.com> >> When I was little, I remember receiving an ingenious little pen >> were "mathematicians pens" designed to distinguish not only vectors/scalers, >> but also matrices, along with variables vs. constants, complex numbers vs. >> reals etc.. > > > Color-coding of quantities? Ok, it's easier to find a box of various > colored chalks, than a collection of different thicknesses of chalk - > but what's the code?!? This is one of those ideas that sounds better on paper than in the classroom I think. It's a lot more convenient just to draw the mark over the symbol than to change chalks. Note--this isn't based on any analysis of time and motion expended, it's a psychological thing--not sure I can explain it but try it both ways and see what happens.
From: jmfbahciv on 27 Feb 2010 08:56 J. Clarke wrote: > On 2/26/2010 8:40 AM, olympic-class self-control wrote: >> On Feb 23, 10:53 am, "Mike Terry" >> <news.dead.person.sto...(a)darjeeling.plus.com> >>> When I was little, I remember receiving an ingenious little pen >>> were "mathematicians pens" designed to distinguish not only >>> vectors/scalers, >>> but also matrices, along with variables vs. constants, complex >>> numbers vs. >>> reals etc.. >> >> >> Color-coding of quantities? Ok, it's easier to find a box of various >> colored chalks, than a collection of different thicknesses of chalk - >> but what's the code?!? > > This is one of those ideas that sounds better on paper than in the > classroom I think. It's a lot more convenient just to draw the mark > over the symbol than to change chalks. Note--this isn't based on any > analysis of time and motion expended, it's a psychological thing--not > sure I can explain it but try it both ways and see what happens. > If it's chalk, colors didn't erase well enough. And a lot of colors couldn't be seen from the back of the room even if the board was black. The arrow above symbol is the best. However, if the OP has to do something different (than what has worked best over the years), writing the character twice with the second one offset will give a "bold" rendition. /BHA
From: J. Clarke on 27 Feb 2010 09:24
On 2/27/2010 8:56 AM, jmfbahciv wrote: > J. Clarke wrote: >> On 2/26/2010 8:40 AM, olympic-class self-control wrote: >>> On Feb 23, 10:53 am, "Mike Terry" >>> <news.dead.person.sto...(a)darjeeling.plus.com> >>>> When I was little, I remember receiving an ingenious little pen >>>> were "mathematicians pens" designed to distinguish not only >>>> vectors/scalers, >>>> but also matrices, along with variables vs. constants, complex >>>> numbers vs. >>>> reals etc.. >>> >>> >>> Color-coding of quantities? Ok, it's easier to find a box of various >>> colored chalks, than a collection of different thicknesses of chalk - >>> but what's the code?!? >> >> This is one of those ideas that sounds better on paper than in the >> classroom I think. It's a lot more convenient just to draw the mark >> over the symbol than to change chalks. Note--this isn't based on any >> analysis of time and motion expended, it's a psychological thing--not >> sure I can explain it but try it both ways and see what happens. >> > If it's chalk, colors didn't erase well enough. And a lot of colors > couldn't be seen from the back of the room even if the board was > black. The arrow above symbol is the best. However, > if the OP has to do something different (than what has worked best > over the years), writing the character twice with the second one offset > will give a "bold" rendition. I used to carry a full set of whiteboard markers of different colors with the intent of doing something like this. In practice I used the black one unless I was drawing a diagram. > > /BHA |