true-boldface Vectors while handwriting?
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From: olympic-class self-control on 22 Feb 2010 04:00 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?
From: M. M i c h a e l M u s a t o v on 22 Feb 2010 04:49 On Feb 22, 1:00 am, olympic-class self-control <dances_with_barka...(a)yahoo.com> 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? Why does your writing sound like you are referring to something other than what you are literally saying? Thank you, Martin Musatov
From: William Elliot on 22 Feb 2010 06:20 On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, 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? > Bold face blackboard letters are written with a short piece chalk placed against the board. For new fangled "black" boards, use wide felt pens. For writing on paper, there are pens with a wide point. If using an ordinary pen or pencil, then write over the letter several times for the boldfaced look. Eventually ease of writing will convince you to use the arrows. With frequent use, the arrows will evolve from --> to ___\, a quick to write single stroke arrow. For newsgroups which are limited to plane text characters only, use variable conventions. For example, u,v,w are vectors, a,b,c,r,s,t are scalars.
From: Uncle Al on 22 Feb 2010 12:07 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? Use a thicker piece of chalk. -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm
From: J. Clarke on 22 Feb 2010 13:18
On 2/22/2010 12:07 PM, Uncle Al wrote: > 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? > > Use a thicker piece of chalk. On paper, just get a calligraphy pen and learn how to use it. |