Believe it or not, this is the average sample of the word "the," as written by someone under 24. Below it is a sample "the" from the average writer over 45 years old. The "h" characters are the most distinguishable.
Srihari collected three distinct writing samples from more than 1,000 people representative of the U.S. population. The samples were scanned into a computer and analyzed for characteristics like the degree of slant, the presents of loops, comparative height to other letters, presence of corners, size of strokes, and distance between characters and connectedness.
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