Tawan Th. published 2026/07/30
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Thunder-like 's' 'S'

One of Lefty Lab trial participants mentioned that she it's always a pain (mentally) to write 'necessary', which I assume the 'ss' part is the most annoying bit to write. The trial worksheet I provided to her has many 's'es in it to write with some guides. I was excited and curious to see what she has to say about the proposed writing method.

Been many days but she came back with photos of all the handwritings. It turned out she already naturally wrote the 's'es using the same ductus as the proposal. I call this as thunder-like shaped 's'

My take is

  1. Ok this whole thing I'm working on probably is not that ground breaking/new. A bit disappointed but great to know
  2. If some people arrived at this naturally, then it's more likely to be the most natural way to write it. My work will help people who haven't discovered it discover it, which is awesome!
Close-up of a trial participant's handwriting on ruled paper, overlaid with a red measurement grid: the words 'necessary' and 'long pauses' written in a slanted script. A six-panel comparison sheet. Top-left is a gridded photo crop labelled 'PHOTO pauses mid-s'; the other five panels are candidate letterforms — 'V3 (current, committed)', 'C1 rounded hairpin', 'C2 curved shoulder + soft hairpin', 'C3 curved shoulder + old bottom' and 'C4 old s, apex start (no lead-in)' — each drawn between x-height and baseline guides with a green start dot.