You should not forget the usual three to five minute practice period
devoted to the compact oval, and the small o and m drills.
=Drills 26 and 27=
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Study capitals M and N closely before trying to make them. Compare their
parts in relation to slant, height, and width. Your attention is
particularly directed to the finishing lines in M and N. Dropping this
line below the base, and lifting the pen without stopping the motion,
forces freedom, continues the rotary motion and develops an automatic
movement preceding and following each letter, so that the motion is
continued, even when you are not actually forming the letters.
The capital M should be made in a count of 1, 2, 3, 4, at the rate of
thirty a minute, and capital N in a count of 1, 2, 3, at the rate of
forty a minute.