crossing your sevens

[Denmark]

I do it sometimes, and with good reason. When you are handwriting numbers and letters alongside each other in serial numbers and whatnot, you need to ensure that everyone who reads what you wrote will be able to read each character correctly. 2 and Z are often mistaken for one another in particular. Depending on people's writing, I can confuse 9 and G, 6 and 0, 1 and 7 and of course 2 and Z. Most other letters and numbers are easy enough to work out.

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[SeronStar]

I also cross my sevens.

[Goldenboko]

depends what I'm doing. I get pretty descript with Z's, 7's and the like when calculusing

[Denmark]

I also have to make a pretty concerted effort to distinguish my 5's from my S's

[Beowulf]

I've always crossed my 7's and Z's. Never my 0's, though. Maybe I should, though I hardly write 0's on paper, these days. Usually I type everything I need.

[Raistlin]

If you have to cross your 7s in order to distinguish them, you need to write better.

I don't cross Zs or 0s either, but at least I can see a basis for that.

[Clo]

I don't cross my sevens, but I cross my Zs.

I also like to actually draw the little hat on the 'a', like it has when you type it. See!

[Goldenboko]

If you have to cross your 7s in order to distinguish them, you need to write better.

I don't cross Zs or 0s either, but at least I can see a basis for that.

Not when you are more concerned about the 3D Flux Integral >:0

[Goldenboko]

I cross zeroes when doing certain maths. C + s*cos(0) can get confusing when written out.

[Jinx]

I cross zeroes when doing certain maths. C + s*cos(0) can get confusing when written out.

This is acceptable. If you're crossing a zero to distinguish between an O, that's alright.

Just to make your zero look pretty, no.

[Araciel]

Cross the Ts and dot the..

...lower-case Js.

[Shorty]

If you have to cross your 7s in order to distinguish them, you need to write better.

It's not to distinguish them, it's to make them look pretty!

[Jinx]

If you have to cross your 7s in order to distinguish them, you need to write better.

It's not to distinguish them, it's to make them look pretty!

This, and I don't know a ton of people who cross 7s anymore.

[Alpha2099]

I don't cross 7's, but I do cross Z's. Otherwise they kinda look like 2's.

[Slothy]

If you have to cross your 7s in order to distinguish them, you need to write better.

I don't cross Zs or 0s either, but at least I can see a basis for that.

This man knows what he's talking about. Although I disagree about seeing a basis for crossing Zs unless you make your 2's as written on a keyboard rather than with the loop at the bottom. In which case the problem is still needing to write better.