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Letter: Letters: Keeping in style

Published 3 July 1993

From F. G. GRISLEY

Apart from mirror handwriting (Letters, 22 May and 12 June), there is
another curiosity.

Writing at a table, the arm rests, and most movement of the hand uses the
wrist.

Writing on a blackboard, the whole arm is used, which brings the elbows and
shoulder into play.

Why is it that such different movements produce identical handwriting?

F. G. Grisley
Barry, Glamorgan

Issue no. 1880 published 3 July 1993

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