like this



or like this?





i've always done the second one for some reason. but i've been consciously trying to change when i write now.

2/5/2008 11:01:30 AM

almost always used #2... not for any particular reason i guess... i did try using #1 for a short time, i think i was copying someone else lol. but that didn't last long

2/5/2008 11:03:12 AM

the latter, I don't have to make the effort to connect the left upright with the main upright.

2/5/2008 11:03:37 AM

#2

2/5/2008 11:03:46 AM

2

2/5/2008 11:04:15 AM

a combination...they almost touch at the top but just enough so they are open.

2/5/2008 11:04:34 AM

like this:

2/5/2008 11:04:38 AM

#2


if i did #1, with as fast and sloppy as i write, it would probably start to look like a 9 (the two already are very close as it is with my handwriting)

2/5/2008 11:05:01 AM

it seems like more engineers use the "4" style. at least in my office, I am the only one who writes it like #2.

2/5/2008 11:07:49 AM

2/5/2008 11:10:15 AM

^OMG THAT IS SO SHOPPED

2/5/2008 11:13:28 AM

i write the number four on paper usually

2/5/2008 11:14:33 AM

i've seen this thread before

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM. Reason : be4, even]

2/5/2008 11:17:15 AM

I always write it like #2

I've never heard anyone complain

2/5/2008 11:17:38 AM

^I PM'D YOU YESTERDAY MOTHERFUCKER

2/5/2008 11:20:29 AM

every time i try to write it in style #1 when i'm in a hurry it looks more like a 9

2/5/2008 11:21:23 AM

yeah I know, I started to write you back, but felt that I should consult with the little lady first

2/5/2008 11:21:38 AM

i saw her on aim the other day i thought about sending her a smiley face.

i didn't

2/5/2008 11:24:28 AM

#2

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 11:25 AM. Reason : but i use a line on my 7's and Z's b/c im a homo]

[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 11:26 AM. Reason : oh ya and the line on thebottom and dangler on the top of a 1]

2/5/2008 11:25:27 AM

we need more middle fingers and less 2's. This thread can still be salvaged.

2/5/2008 11:25:54 AM

..l.,
--

2/5/2008 11:26:46 AM

we need a real big one

2/5/2008 11:27:47 AM

i'll give you a real big one

2/5/2008 11:28:23 AM

#1

why would you take two strokes to write a single digit?

that's dumb

that's like writing the number 8 by drawing a S, then adding a /

2/5/2008 11:31:59 AM

2/5/2008 11:32:33 AM

i do the line through my 7 also, shoes

2/5/2008 11:33:16 AM

2/5/2008 11:39:28 AM

Format #2. My writing is very messy, and if I try to one-stroke it, a 9 with a funny tail usually results. This is particularly exacerbated by the fact that my '9's have straight rather than curved lower parts.

2/5/2008 11:45:47 AM

but seriously i used to do #1 all the time but now its #2

2/5/2008 11:57:27 AM

#2

2/5/2008 12:13:34 PM

#2

2/5/2008 12:22:17 PM

#2

2/5/2008 12:23:31 PM

I always write an open four.

2/5/2008 12:23:57 PM

Quote :

"it seems like more engineers use the "4" style. at least in my office, I am the only one who writes it like #2."

technical drawing crap. the standard is to use #1. GC120 was probably the last time i'll use it

2/5/2008 12:37:29 PM

#2

2/5/2008 12:40:56 PM

#2

although the first one can look like a 9 if you're trying to ambiguously fudge an answer that you're not sure about

2/5/2008 12:41:57 PM

I remember my math teacher in 4th grade yelling at me b/c my 4's looked like 9's

2/5/2008 12:47:26 PM

L and then l combined to make





[Edited on February 5, 2008 at 12:51 PM. Reason : ,.]

2/5/2008 12:50:45 PM

Like the second one.


But the real question is...

do you draw the loop in the bottom of your 2's?

I used to, but stopped about 14 years ago for some reason and never went back.

2/5/2008 12:53:07 PM

Used to be #1 (my father is an engineer and does his that way), but about midway through elementary school I changed over to #2 because I had a bitch of a teacher that started counting off because she felt that my 4s looked too much like 9s despite the fact that you'd have to be a complete tard to get the kind of answers she was accusing me of giving (2x7=19?).

Now that I'm no longer in school I've considered switching back.

2/5/2008 1:04:30 PM