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Originally Posted by Hitch
I'm actually quite fond of architectural/drafting hands. I spent the bulk of my former career in the RE Development Biz (yup, me and the new Prez; in fact, we once shared an architect!*) and grew to love drafting hands. :-)
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My late father was a draftsman in his earlier days, and I used to have a set of drafting instruments he had originally owned. I got fairly proficient with them back when, but it's been decades since I needed to use those skills.
(I was proficient at making mechanicals with drawing board, illustration boards, t-square, non-reproducing blue pencil, eXacto knives, rubber cement, hand waxers and typeset galleys back when too, but it's been decades since I needed to do that as well. That makes me happy.)
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Hitch
*NOT that way. Get your minds OUT of the gutter!
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Drafting hands were intended to be
legible, so they wouldn't have the sorts of problems you encounter.
My mother did long ago gleefully point out the stylized capital M my dad used to sign his drawings, which was precisely a "get your mind
into the gutter" bit. I think dad wanted to see who might look closely enough to notice. I don't believe anyone ever did...
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Dennis