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SPEED STUDY VIII
EIGHTH LESSON
The Reversing Principle.—From the executional side, the reversing movements are quite similar to joinings already treated.
(a) In reversing the circle to express r on straight characters, the movement is exactly the reverse of that ordinarily employed in joining a circle to straight lines.
Compare the following forms, observing closely the direction the pen takes as indicated by the arrow, after which practice executing the movements until they can be made with facility:
| To indicate r: | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| heart | arm | heard | mere | |
| Without r: | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| hat | aim | head | me |
The principal joinings to straight strokes are illustrated in the following drill:
Drill 1
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Key: heart, hurt, heard, hard, earn, harm, arch, urge, harsh, church, tare, tear, dear, dare, tart, dart, chair, jeer, share, harmony, Marne, near.
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