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PALM GRAFFITTI

Comments and tips on the Palm entry system

INTRODUCTION

Graffitti can be picked up very quickly but the technique of using it can also deteriorate. If you find your accuracy declining, remember to write large and to give the initial starting point proper emphasis. This gives Palm usage a characteristic tapping effect.

It is not difficult to learn Graffitti, but it can be difficult to stop it influencing your normal handwriting!

TROUBLESOME LETTERS

	v	Vs should be executed from right to left.
	&	The ampersand (&) is just an '8'.
	)	I find the right-hand rounded bracket very problematical, but I haven't found any solution to it yet.
	r	I've found it best not to economise on the strokes for this character.

ECONOMY OF EFFORT

Some alternative letter forms may seem unnecessarily different from the normal written characters they represent, but where they involve less key strokes there is a long-term economy of effort to be gained from learning them.

 

	b	Just do a '3' for b.
	y	Use a Greek gamma for y.

2 May 2000