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more important than results to these writers, and they will be disciplined, firm and steadfast in their convictions. Once their minds are made up, they rarely get sidetracked from an intended goal. The angular stroke does not caress, it strikes. Hence extreme angularity accompanied by heavy pressure and pastiosity is an indication of a bad disposition with violent tendencies. Angular writers like to figure things out and make excellent strategists, mechanics, engineers, electricians, and scientists. Their determination to succeed and ability to work energetically cannot be equalled by either the garland or the arcade type, but the variety and complexity of human emotion remains a baffling mystery to them.

ANGULAR STROKES
Generally Loopless Writers. There are several ways of managing a loopless style of writing. The writer may choose to print rather than to connect his letters cursively, or he may proceed directly to the next letter without circling around to the left. This is called a progression, and it can be curved or an angular formation. These variations will be discussed more fully when looking at connecting strokes.

Generally speaking, loopless writers place more emphasis on the conceptual aspects of an experience than upon the emotional and feeling content of it. Here the tendency is to avoid instinctive emotional response by intellectualizing the feelings.

The Stick-FigureStroke. Here the writer eliminates the loop in preference for the simple downstroke. It is an abbreviated stroke and indicates efficiency. Emotions are kept under control, and the writer chooses to act rather than to react. He opts for directness of approach, albeit with a certain attitude of calculation. Qualities of maturity and independence are to be found in this writer as well as the ability to make quick decisions and to eliminate unnecessary details.

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take a firm stand on issues and will hold to their views even when faced with sound evidence to refute them.