Back in Highschool, (grade 10, I believe) we had to do the alphabet in pen and ink. We could pick the font, use rulers, circle templates and french curves along with a bottle of ink, a pen to dip into it and a brush. I looked through books until I found a font that was all straight lines and round circles. I did this because I knew by then that letters, even when they look round, are not. Circles are ovoid in shape and what reads as a straight line when we read words, say the back of the letter "h" for example, is often a gently curved arc. Well, that's too much work, so I found a short cut. Our instructor, Mrs. Braitenback always told us to be on the lookout for shortcuts. A lesson I took to heart. We're not in art class, after all, just get the job done and out the door... to paraphrase.