Comment on Tomorrow, a 100 year old mysterious package will be opened in a museum in NorwayparentComments−dimitar14yI don't get it. Why is it harder for lefties? Aren't the pens themselves ambidextrous?−pbhjpbhj14yWriting left-handed in a left-to-right script requires the hand to move over the ink that was just applied. This invariably means smudges. Writing right-handed (LTR) the ink has time to dry before the hand moves over it for the next line of prose.−josephcooney14yPlus the ink from a fountain pen stays "sumdgier" longer than modern pens.
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I don't get it. Why is it harder for lefties? Aren't the pens themselves ambidextrous?
Writing left-handed in a left-to-right script requires the hand to move over the ink that was just applied. This invariably means smudges. Writing right-handed (LTR) the ink has time to dry before the hand moves over it for the next line of prose.
Plus the ink from a fountain pen stays "sumdgier" longer than modern pens.