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 In figure 3.5 the stroke doubles back abruptly. In the letter 
in figure 3.6 the front moves forward and returns. As long 
as the stroke involves no rotation the front sweeps across an 
area bounded by parallel lines (translation of the frontline). 
When rotation is a factor, the front fans out.
  
In principle, there are two possibilities: for all the strokes 
of a script, the front either moves in a single direction (this I 
call an interrupted construction), or there are strokes in which 
the front reverses its direction and turns back (this I call a returning 
construction). 
 
 
 
  
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