Writing Straight

[GreenVelvet]

For some reason, I can keep my lines straight, and my margins neat.

 

I just line up the first line on the top corner of the page, and all the rest on the line before it.

 

Now that I'm used to unlined paper, lines are actually kind of constraining, and make my handwriting a little less neat.

 

Yep, me too!

[jstar]

I use a guidepage, more for the effect of margins on the right hand side of the page. Without a reminder I tend to run off the very edge! It looks s much prettier when I use a guide.

[Randal6393]

Who cares about straight lines? It takes all the individuality and fun out of writing a letter.

 

Blessed be,

[kazoolaw]

When I don't use guidelines I tend to get accused of being a ...lawyer...

 

Lucky you!

 

gary, a lawyer whose handwriting is half a step above merely atrocious but who can write a reasonably straight line!

[Flourish]

For some reason, I can keep my lines straight, and my margins neat.

 

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/3991135159_d79942b371.jpg

 

I just line up the first line on the top corner of the page, and all the rest on the line before it.

 

Now that I'm used to unlined paper, lines are actually kind of constraining, and make my handwriting a little less neat.

 

I am so jealous of you natural straight line writers, especially when you use a Pelikan M205 clear blue demonstrator which would go so well with a matching opaque Pelikan M605 in a black leather two pen case and a Quo Vadis Habana notebook. But yes, my goal is one day to be able to write a straight thought or two using the system you have described but have been unable, as yet, to achieve myself.

[ehoh]

I can sort of write in straight lines, but I've noticed (by looking at photos of my letters) that my line spacing is pretty tight. I don't use lined paper behind my letter paper because it can make my writing feel more constrained. Sometimes, though, one line will go up and then the remaining lines will also veer up. And I end up with a strange space on the bottom of my letter--it's very unattractive, ugh! Hopefully, with more practice, I will master the art of writing in straight lines!

 

Once, when I was writing a thank you note for an interviewer on a thick Crane card, I used a pencil and ruler to trace fine lines onto the card. After I'd written my note in ink on the lines, I erased the tell-tale lines. I made sure to brush off the eraser crumbs, too. And hey, I got that job!