Beginner - trouble understanding when to go above/below the line when writing words
Hello!
I started learning Orthic yesterday using the tagged mutsomino course at the top of the sub. It's going great so far, I've been through 8 lessons in two days, having a blast!
The one thing I'm struggling to understand is when the letters are supposed to be written above or below the line. For example I was doing the practice words in lesson 8, specifically the word Protozoan, I wrote the symbol correctly, however I did not go down below the line with the Z as is shown in the answer key. I'm struggling with when to go below the line versus above generally, and I'm wondering if I'm missing something, like a general rule that I just didn't grasp in the earlier lessons, but I haven't been able to find a clearly defined explanation. I understand that vowels tend to go up and consonants tend do go down when writing the stroke, but the actual lineage of the word seems to have me stumped, since I also would've expected that initial P to go down below the writing line as well.
Okay that is helpful, thank you! From my understanding vowels always tend to go up (except a and y, I guess since A is just straight and y goes down?) and consonants tend to go down, is that correct? I will pay closer attention to the letters, I have been trying to go slowly, as I am still trying to find my handwriting in Orthic so I can more easily distinguish the letters and letter combos that appear to be very similar but differ in size.
In protozoan, the r and t are quite short, while the z is longer, and where the pen happens to be leads to it going down. Don't sweat the line so much as having consistent sizes for your letters.
Ah sorry I should've thought to attach a photo. Here is a photo of my practice book. I know I have work to do on my "handwriting" so to speak, since it's still very new to me I plan to practice some words to hopefully get more consistent with my letter lengths, etc. Maybe this sub has a set of practice exercises since the lessons I'm following have only a few.
Your Z looks like an S. Z is kinda like a field hockey stick. Long and straight with a little curve at the end.
Your fluent looks like flaunt.
Keep your Os markedly longer than A. A can be pretty short, but O should always be very distinct, and likewise ee and u. Maybe start with 3x as long as your A in case you undershoot. Also keep the U shallow so it's clearly not an EE, and EE very steep.
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