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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Thirty-Six Views of Mounting Foolishness (Unpub)

     Being 36 Nonsensical Statements 
About One Sans-Serif Alphabet

1. The twenty-six letters are: 
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

2. The six one-stroke letters are: 
C I* J O S U

     * The serifs appearing at top and bottom of 
this letter are inconsistent with the style of this 
sans-serif alphabet and must be disregarded 
in evaluating these statements.      

3. The three four-stroke letters are: 
E M W

4. The eight two-stroke letters are: 
D G L P Q T V X     

5. The nine three-stroke letters are: 
A B F H K N R Y Z        
 
6. Only one of the six one-stroke letters
[ I ]
is made using no curved stroke.
 
7. Only two of the three four-stroke letters
[ M W ]
are made using all diagonal strokes.
 
8. Only three of the 26 letters
[ E M W ]
are made using four strokes.
 
9. 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 these views.
This caveat applies throughout the set of 
statements. 
 
10. Only five of the six one-stroke letters
[ J U S C O ] 
are made using a (partly or fully) curved stroke.
 
11. Only six of the 26 letters
[ I J U S C O ] 
are made using only one stroke.
 
12. Only seven of the nine three-stroke letters
[ H F N K Y A Z ]
are made using no curved strokes.
 
13. Only eight of the 26 letters
[ V T L X P G* Q D ]
are made using only two strokes.
 
     * See asterisked footnote above.
 
14. Only nine of the 26 letters
[ B H F N K Y A Z R ]
are made using only three strokes.
 
15. Only nine of the 26 letters
[ I J U S C O E W M ]
are made using either one or four strokes.
 
16. 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.
 
17. 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.
 
18. 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.
 
19. 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.
 
20. 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.
 
21. 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.
 
22. 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.
 
23. 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.
 
24. 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.
 
25. 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.
 
26. 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.
 
27. 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.
 
28. 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.
 
29. 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.
 
30. 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.
 
31. 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. 
 
32.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.
 
33. 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.
 
34. 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 more than a single straight stroke.
 
     * See asterisked footnote above.
 
35. 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.
 
36. Finally, there are a total of
61 strokes -- straight or curved or both --
used in making the 26 letters.

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