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Dr Ray Lightbown's avatar

Living things, such as brains, organs and muscles and everything else, are analog. Welcome home again.

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Anton's avatar

I'm Palmer all the way! Designed for speed and low effort, you use your arm and shoulders more than your hand. It's also rather elegant, IMO. I'm just young enough that I missed it in school and am trying to pick it up now.

But yeah, my brain is analog and likes paper. I keep a quadrille type hard cover notebook as a daily anecdotal. Or I did.... I can't find them with rigid covers anymore. Wtf???

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Clint Collide's avatar

Not familiar with that exact notebook, but if you happen to have a Daiso near you, I tend to find all kinds of unexpected stationary supplies. Japanese book stores often have stationary sections too. I’m like a kid in a candy store. :-)

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sixes's avatar

Thanks Clint and George Michael. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. 👨‍❤️‍👨👩‍❤️‍👩🏩💟💞💜💛💚💙❤💌♥🤟💑🤗😻💝🌹💐💕😍💏😚😘💋💓💗💖💘

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Doug Thompson's avatar

My handwriting is ok-ish but these days it's mostly online communication, and auto correct is my saviour 🙄 However

I'm very envious of a few friends who have physical ace handwriting skills. One guy writes in 'Copper' plate font style and another who uses an architect style font. At least I can read and write without AI doing it for me 😮😁😎✔️ Cheers DougT 🇫🇴 🇬🇧

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Clint Collide's avatar

Your friend writes in Copperplate? I'm more of a Cooper...but way messier. :-p

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperplate_Gothic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Black

Obviously I won't be replying to comments, dms, or emails on paper, but gonna push myself to use it for my all my planning, journalling, and list keeping.

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Doug Thompson's avatar

https://images.app.goo.gl/Wr2etNrx9n91UYCY8

This is English (Victorian) Copperplate script. font I ment

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Clint Collide's avatar

WOWSA! Very, very pretty. But I’ll stick with my chicken scratch. It gets the message across.

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Doug Thompson's avatar

😎😁 Cliff is from a Grammar School background (Us: Elementary Exam School?) and I think it was drilled into them to use Copperplate script 😲 In fact I had coffee with him and Colin his partner earlier at the Home Cafe attached to an inclusive Emmanuel Church in a very fashionable suburb of Didsbury put in M20 6TR (6 Barlow Moor Road) and look around the money area on my doorstep. Lots of independent shops/cafes/restaurants and high value property 🥺

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Clint Collide's avatar

Sounds like a fun outing…I hope Ivory Tower welcomed you home, with its bridge lowered and trumpets playing. I imagine 3 dapper dudes practicing their penmanship over an Irish coffee and snacks. :-)

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Doug Thompson's avatar

Your vivid imagination is working overtime. Yuppers I do leave and have selective friends and acquantances outside the Ivory Tower 😜

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Clint Collide's avatar

I’m so glad, dear Doug. You’re too lovely to keep it all inside. Just saying. :-p

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Doug Thompson's avatar

👥

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