Direction of the letter A when standing alone

GeneralCarlos22 March 20127

Is the letter “a”, and “e” for that matter, to be written clockwise or counter-clockwise?

(by Ryan for group greggshorthand)

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Carlos 7 December 2025 at 9:54 pm on The Selfish GiantYou're welcome, Susan! I'm glad you loved the story!
Susan Johnston 7 December 2025 at 9:00 am on The Selfish GiantOh my! What a beautiful story for Christmas and always ~ thank you Carlos. I will attempt the Willa Cather
Carlos 2 December 2025 at 12:07 am on Penmanship Practice – December 2025You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!
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Lee 28 November 2025 at 4:13 am on Noodler’s Pitman “Light Saber” fountain penIt's a fascinating video. Lamy makes a "calligraphy pen" with a long barrel. I bought one years ago, and found
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Erik 22 November 2025 at 9:14 pm on Types of notebooksThere is also this snippet from 1849 Reporter's Companion (Pitman's system) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hnyx7a&seq=19 which suggests from the method of page turning
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Lee 22 November 2025 at 7:15 pm on Types of notebooksThat's the same image that someone asked about in the "Shorthand Writing" Facebook group. I don't think it's authentically from