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Re: Show HN: QWANJI

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Feedback: Make this shareable by setting a hash in the URL path. Even better if you could include the generated picture in the OG tags.

Thanks for the feedback! Added the link sharing but the OG tags looked like a bigger task (and SVG might not be supported?)

Re: Show HN: QWANJI

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I tried to draw some hanzi (Kanji). rsdcygjnbm ebycdomhl 你 好 It is like written by someone really drunk though... But the stroke order is correct and I would say native speakers (like me) can recognize them.

> It is like written by someone really drunk though... Try approximating a 草書 form. One problem with using this to draw 字 is the lack of vertical strata. Just look at the character 子: it has five distinct vertical positions. (Initial topbar, bottom of the hook down from the topbar, bottom of the vertical stroke, top of the hook up from the vertical stroke, and the crossbar.) But QWANJI has only three distinct vertica…

> One problem with using this to draw 字 is the lack of vertical strata.

Totally agree. Adding the number row on the keyboard should be helpful but make QWANJI less like a language.

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