"Z" is the most aesthetically perfect letter

Odradek

Discuss.

Anonus

I object. It is clearly "S"

SF_Sorrow

O

Princess Alice

Anonus said:

I object. It is clearly "S"

You would

Salix Babylonika

I'm with Anonus here

Princess Alice

queenpoison said:

I'm with Anonus here

Oh come on, at least 'nonus has an excuse!

Salix Babylonika

S is cute

MetaFour

O wins because it has the most forms of symmetry.

Imipolex G

B, by far

Sredni Vashtar

MetaFour said:

O wins because it has the most forms of symmetry.

O might be the one letter that generally looks good in any and all fonts.

Princess Alice

For your consideration: ß

Sredni Vashtar

However.

N and Z and S all have their own distinct merits. So does B, but it lacks the circular symmetry thing which, while interesting—I am personally a big fan of Glagolitic compound letters and Chinese and Japanese ideograms—is not quite as satisfying on that level.

^ Eszett is beszett.

Bee

Z wins.

Zeether

I should know this.

Tre

T.

Sredni Vashtar

Bee said:

Z wins.

Sassy Zoidberg.

eriophora zia

I would like to argue for the cursive 'G,' personally. It's always had a shape that is pleasant to pen. 

I do really enjoy writing 'Z' with a strikethrough, however. 

Lowercase 'q' gets an honorable mention, as I like doing the backwards tail. 

Sredni Vashtar

Cursive capital G is highly aesthetically pleasing in that asymmetrical way I discussed earlier. It is also a rare overt instance of the shape of the "insular g" or "yogh" being reflected in modern orthography. All-around nifty and underrated.

Anonus

what about double story g

Sredni Vashtar

That's a less overt instance of old practices being preserved, albeit primarily in typeface rather than actual writing, but it is a cool-looking letter as well.

Toolsie

It could be the way I write it, but capital E is pleasing to write. I draw a C them stick a line through the middle to make a pleasing, curved letter.

Toolsie

In fact, all my letters are curved. Even the ones with sharp edges, like v or z.

Sredni Vashtar

So like a big epsilon. Cool!

Traditionally, cursive v is actually curvier than cursive u.

Princess Alice

When I worked in a warehouse doing picking/packing last year, I had to write part numbers all the time.

I quickly ended up tweaking my handwriting to make certain things less ambiguous...like crossing my Z's to make sure they weren't mistaken for 2's.

Tre

Maybe it's because I model my typical handwriting after sans serifs, but I abhor using cross bars on Z's (and, for that matter, on 7's). They're unsightly and I refuse to include them.

LOAD Cherry

I'm on team o.

glennmagusharvey

Q

TitleName

glennmagusharvey said:

Q

Toolsie

Quick, give me a sentence to write out.

Imipolex G

"ineluctable modality of the visible"