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- 30. The long lines should be horizontal, and the perpendicular without any inclination.
- 31. The oblique stroke should not be too much elongated.
- 32. The long oblique in these should be nearly straight, with a certain appearance of strength; that is, as if drawn with a firm steady hand.
- 33. Let the hooked stroke below be sufficiently bent.
- 34. Here the bent stroke should include, and, as it were, embrace the character at the side.
- 35. The lower strokes must be placed centrically under those above.
- 36. The hooked strokes in the left-hand portion must be contracted.
- 37. The point of the hooked stroke should be directed towards the middle of the four dots.: 38. These should be even at the top.
- 39. These should be even at the bottom.
- 40. Where there are many right oblique strokes, some must be at full length, and some contracted.
- 41. Some of the hooks in the component parts must be suppressed, and some indicated.
- 42. The hook in the upper portion should be slightly, and in the lower, more strongly indicated.
- 48. The hooked stroke at the top should be contracted, and the one below extended.
- 44. The upper part of these characters should be broader than the under.
- 45. The under part in these should be broader than the upper.
- 46. Let the left-hand portion yield in size to the right.
- 47. Let the right-hand portion yield in size to the left.
- 48. Let the two sides be large, and the middle small.
- 49. In these the middle portion should be fully written.
- 50. The middle portion in these should be small.
- 51. The hooked stroke in these must be bent, and with an appearance of strength, as if drawn with a firm hand.
- 52. The bent stroke must be round and flowing.
- 53. The oblique stroke to the left must not be too thin and elongated.
- 54. The two left oblique strokes must not be parallel to each other.
- 55. When there are three oblique strokes together, let the top of each proceed from the middle of the one immediately above it.
