A person on Twitter shared a photo of eight different ways to draw an X that has become a viral meme. People are wondering how they never noticed the way they and others draw an X.
The person included a diagram of eight options with a colored arrow showing the first direction and a black arrow showing the second direction people move their writing utensil in order to make the letter.
“Also this is so interesting to me—which way do you draw an X? Colored line being the first stroke,” they wrote with the photo.
Also this is so interesting to me – which way do you draw an X? Colored line being the first stroke pic.twitter.com/a0WTl8WT7P
— sixers smasey (@SMASEY) January 20, 2019
Most agreed number 7 was the correct way.
Anything but 7 is wrong https://t.co/Yb8zfIsBMM
— Syd💙 (like&rt merchant) (@syd_blease) January 22, 2019
I'm a 7. I tried all the others. They just feel wrong! https://t.co/WoMOJLJlHo
— Jason (@JediNitrate) January 22, 2019
But some people had other opinions.
If you know anything about calligraphy, it's obviously number 5. https://t.co/D1CjshgQCi
— Rayane Alvim (@rayanealvim) January 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/Jyri__O/status/1087419368747814914
Anything other than #5 is an absolute disgrace. https://t.co/6yevg2kRfi
— Ahead of the Curve (@mediocentr0) January 20, 2019
The person who posted the photo looked at the responses and came up with a conclusion on the most popular ways people draw an X.
“General consensus is that Americans do 7 & 8 while the UK does 5 & 6. Probably how we were taught. Not sure about other countries,” they said.
General consensus is that Americans do 7 & 8 while UK does 5 & 6. Probably how we were taught. Not sure about other countries
— sixers smasey (@SMASEY) January 20, 2019
Now that we know how people draw an X, I want to know about the rest of the alphabet.