How do you write the number four?

[Signomi]

A fairly simple poll, but it's something that's been bothering me since I was a child. A lot of people I've been around has always written the number four one way while others (including me) write it another way.

This is how they write it.

This is how I write it.

So settle my mind on something. How do you write the number four?

 

[Limey-chan]

Like that ^^

 

[Wish]

I write it that way, Siggy. :3

 

[Gabri]

I write it this way.

 

[jigglyppuff8]

Something like this:

I don't bother even attempting to close it.

 

[Cheesymitten]

Because it was compulsary at out primary school.
The teachers would not allow it if we had it open :(

 

[Legobricks]

I know, my twos look like meat hooks.

I would wager that people brought up with cursive style do closed fours since it doesn't require the writer to lift their pen, and vice versa for people who use static letters.

 

[Pazuzu]

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May it put an end to your restless nights~

 

[Jorah]

That's how I've always wrote it, I could never be bothered to do it the other way XD

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

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I find I can write it in one stroke, without picking up my pen this way.

 

[True Reign]

A fairly simple poll, but it's something that's been bothering me since I was a child. A lot of people I've been around has always written the number four one way while others (including me) write it another way.

This is how they write it.

This is how I write it.

So settle my mind on something. How do you write the number four?

I write my fours the second way you did. I find it easier to do for some reason...

 

[Yamikarasu]

I write it open, if I close it then it just looks like a 9.

 

[TeirusuFX]

It's how I always write my four, just like on a calculator.​

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

It's how I always write my four, just like on a calculator.​

Same here. I write my fours exactly like that, and have since I first learned to write.

 

[Giraffes? Giraffes!]

It's how I always write my four, just like on a calculator.​

That's exactly how i write my fours as well :)

 

[Alex]

Yeah Siggy, you forgot the calculator kind of 4. I write it that way as well.

 

[processr]

I'm not always consistent. I usually leave the loop open, but if I'm filling out something like the front page of an exam paper or a job application I normally close it to make sure there's no possible resemblance to anything else (it can sometimes look like a G if I don't close the loop).

 

[ShadowLeader]

thats the closest to the way i write my fours....

 

[Gummy]

Something like this:

I don't bother even attempting to close it.

This is how I was taught to write my fours.

 

[Trap-Eds]

It's how I always write my four, just like on a calculator.​

Yep, same here. It looks weird to me if I don't write it like this.