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Thursday, April 5, 2018

31 Statements Concerning a Sans Serif Alphabet (Nonsense Prose)


Twenty-six letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Six one-stroke letters: C I J O S U

Three four-stroke letters: E M W

Eight two-stroke letters: D G L P Q T V X

Nine three-stroke letters: A B F H K N R Y Z



Only one of the six one-stroke letters [ I ]

is made using no curved stroke.



Only two of the three four-stroke letters [ M W ]

are made using all diagonal strokes.



Only three of the 26 letters [ E M W ]

are made using four strokes.



Only four of the eight two-stroke letters [ D G* Q P ]

are made using one straight and one curved stroke.



     * The letter G can be, and is in some fonts, made with two strokes -- a 270-degree curved stroke followed by a short horizontal stroke. The editor regrets that a font employing such a two-stroke G was unavailable for this post. This caveat applies throughout these notes. 



Only five of the six one-stroke letters [ J U S C O ] 

are made using a (partly or fully) curved stroke.



Only six of the 26 letters [ I J U S C O ] 

are made using only one stroke.



Only seven of the nine three-stroke letters [ H F N K Y A Z ]

are made using no curved strokes.



Only eight of the 26 letters [ V T L X P G* Q D ]

are made using only two strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only nine of the 26 letters [ B H F N K Y A Z R ]

are made using only three strokes.



Only nine of the 26 letters [ I J U S C O E W M ]

are made using either one or four strokes.



Only ten of the twelve three- or four-stroke letters [ H F N K Y A Z E M W ]

are made using no curved strokes.



Only eleven of the 26 letters [ B D G* Q P R J U S C O ]

are made using a curved stroke.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only eleven of the 26 letters [ V T L X D G* Q P E M W ]

are made using an even number of strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only twelve of the 26 letters [ B H F N K Y A Z R  E M W ]

are made using either three or four strokes.



Only thirteen of the 26 letters [ B H F N K Y A Z R D G* Q P ]

occupy the left half of the Strokes chart.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only thirteen of the 26 letters [ V T L X I J U S C O E M W ]

occupy the right half of the Strokes chart.



Only fourteen of the 26 letters [ D G* Q P V T L X I J U S C O ]

are made using either one or two strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only fifteen of the 26 letters [ H F N K Y A Z V T L X I E M W ]

are made using only straight strokes.



Only fifteen of the 26 letters [ I J U S C O B H F N K Y A Z R ]

are made using an odd number of strokes.



Only sixteen of the 26 letters [ I J U S C O V T L X D G* Q P B R ]

are made using either one stroke, two strokes,

or three strokes employing curves.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only seventeen of the 26 letters [ B H F N K Y A Z R D G* Q P V T L X ]

are made using either two or three strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only eighteen of the 26 letters [ B F H N K Y A Z R I J U S C O E M W ]

are made using either one, three or four strokes.



Only nineteen of the 26 letters [ B D G* Q P R V T L X I J U S C O E M W ]

are made avoiding only three straight strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only twenty of the 26 one-, two or three-stroke letters [ I J U V T L X B H F D N K Y G* Q A Z P R ]

use at least one straight stroke.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only twenty one of the 26 letters [ W E M I V T L X B H F D N K Y G* Q A Z P R ]

are not single-curved-stroke letters.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Only twenty two of the 26 letters [ B H F N K Y A Z R V T L X I J U S C O E W M ]

are made avoiding one straight and one curved stroke. 



Only twenty three of the 26 letters [ A B C D F G* H I J K L N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z ]

are made using fewer than four strokes.



* See asterisked footnote above.



Only twenty four of the 26 letters [ A B C D E F G* H I J K L N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z ]

are made using no more than two diagonal strokes.



Only twenty five of the 26 letters [ A B C D E F G* H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ]

are made using only a single straight stroke.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



All twenty six of the 26 letters [ A B C D E F G* H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ]

are made using one, two, three or four strokes.



     * See asterisked footnote above.



Finally, there are a total of 61 strokes -- straight or curved or both --

used to make the 26 letters.

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