Do you write 7 with a line through it?

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I do. I don't know why.

I've just hand written a returns note for a parcel and thought 'why do I do that?'

I know it's used to differentiate between a 1 and 7 but my handwriting allows a good visual difference between the two numbers without the slash.

I didn't think I did, but I've just checked some notes I took last week at work - I do! I do work in Finance though and put a line through my zeros and also say spot instead of point - I have no idea why and it most likely just confuses people.

I'm 54 yo and I do cross my 7s and put a diagonal line through my 0.

I do... My 7 and 1 are similar because my writing is very flouncy 🤣

Yeah, it helps distinguish them from a quickly written 2 or a greater than sign.
Doesn't matter in normal life, but if you are doing actual maths calculations it can help.

Exactly why I started,I had a European pen pal and thought her writing was incredible.

Also my writing is so crap these days as I type mostly,it's a good way to differentiate between 1 and 7.

My NI number has 2 letters at the start and 1 at the end, the rest are numbers.
If that's standard, might help you.

I didn't until secondary school when one teacher had a go at the class for crossing their sevens and said that it was only allowed if you had non UK parentage.

So naturally, I started doing it there and then and have ever since. Despite being decidedly un-exotic.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow "Do you have your sleeves over your hands too? Whilst holding said mug?😁"

Yes. I also write with brown ink....

I do it because it's a habit from years living in Switzerland and then France...

I started after spending a year in France with a 7 in my address... It has stuck unless very consciously writing numbers for the kids.

I never acquired the French 1 which is the reason for the French 7 though.

Yes, that's exactly why I started writing 7 that way

This used to be something they did in Europe mostly

Annoyingly I do it randomly. So unlikely to do it with 7 on its own but likely to do it in a string of numbers like a telephone number but often not the first 7 in the number. So not helpful to anyone

I started when I lived in Spain and have done so ever since. That was 30 years ago.

Yes, I think it came from French lessons at school. Or maybe computer studies where we had to write out programmes clearly and unambiguously. I use the line through a zero if it is not clear from the context which it is.

I also started to be pretentious as a teen and it's stuck.

For a while I also did a curly tail on my zs but knocked that off!

What about zs? That's another one. Was taught the straight forward way then developed the one with the curve under the line. Probably as a pretentious teenager and it became my normal way. And now I've gone all self conscious about it so I don't know what to write 😆

Yes
7with a bar
1 with a flicky bit
£ with two bars
Capital Z with a bar
Capitsl I with bars at top and bottom
My first name begins with "A" and I sign my name with a capital sized lower case "a" IYSWIM.

mashup handwriting as a result of going to school in 3 countries!

Yep, here too.

I do it to make is 100% clear it is the number 7 when hand written as oppose to 1

I used to do this as I was in love with everything French in my teens. It suited me as I had frightful handwriting and it helped to differentiate the numbers. My writing improved through my twenties and I gradually started to feel slightly embarrassed about my previous pretentiousness. I rarely use it now but wheel it out to clarify numbers if they aren't immediately decipherable.

Yes I do, because I spent a lot of time in France on holiday as a child and I liked the way it looked. It also helps differentiate between a 7 and a 1.

I’m ambidextrous, right is slightly more dominant for writing but I do sometimes form some characters as if I’m writing left handed. Four was a problem as a child, I couldn’t do it like this 4, had to go the other way. 8 l form from the bottom and my 7s are too curvy, so I use the line if writing for anyone else.

Yes. Wasn’t taught at school but picked it up from somewhere and now years later I find it so odd when I see a 7 without the line through. When its a work based query it can be very important to decipher is it a 2 or a 7 🤔

I started because I studied in the EU and it was standard. I continued because it incensed my father in law, who detested all things European!