=Drill 57=
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Make capital I, and continue with the reverse oval. The count should be
two for I and six for the oval, as follows: 1, 2; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Apply enough speed to make the lines smooth and clear-cut.
=Drill 58=
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Question: Where and how does capital I begin? Answer: Below the base
line with upward motion. Question: How wide is the upper part? Answer: A
little less than half the width of the lower part. Question: How is it
finished? Answer: With a full left curve and a dot at the end. Question:
Where do the first upward and the first downward lines cross? Answer: At
the height of small o. Question: What part of the space between the
ruled lines is occupied by I? Answer: About three-fourths. You should
analyze every letter you practice just as completely as is done in these
questions and answers. Then you will have good mental pictures of the
letters, will see at once when they are poorly made, and will make them
well as soon as you have good control of the movement. Without the good
mental picture, you will never write well, no matter how perfect your
control of motive power may be.
With a count of 1, 2, for each letter, make forty-five or more to a
minute.
=Drill 59=
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To form the angle at the left, there must be a full stop in this style
of capital I. It is hoped that you have remembered and tried to apply
the instructions of an earlier lesson about stops in making all angular
connections.
This is a particularly good style of capital I to use in beginning a
word, as shown in the following drill. Count 1, 2, 3; or 1, 2, swing.
=Drill 60=
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