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Re:Optimizing Handwriting by to3m on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:34AM (#10264394)
Going by the diagram, it looks as if substantial changes in direction are being counted as a new stroke (which is arguable). Look at `r' - I somehow doubt the pen is lifted between drawing one part and the next.
Re:Optimizing Handwriting by masonicb00m on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @11:33AM (#10265642)
This is correct. I chose this definition of "stroke" for simplicity. It's meant as a proxy measure for "difficulty of writing the letter". A better measure might be "median time it takes to write each letter at an acceptable level of legibility", but that would require a lot more effort. The numerical results will depend on the measure of effort, but I suspect the general point will be the same.