Knot Speed™

Yay – you purchased a new pen after reading a pen review by a new colleague, but you are afraid to bring that new pen into a meeting because your writing must be ready for performance.  You are hiring a Personal Assistant, or teach an assembly of Health Students and one  requirement is maximum legibility at top writing speeds. There is no spell worse than a dry pen keeping you anchored – how do you prepare? The Century Update™ offers the skills you need to write fast and legibly along the High Seas.  So knowing your Penmanship, and your writing speed is an intelligent way to prepare.

Knot Speed™, also known as tachygraphy or writing speed, is the calculated writing speed at which one travels through Vocht Canon™. A knot™ contains 1 syllable, or an average of 3 letters with the average use of an English word is 5 letters and less or 7 letters and less in Academic/Technical Writing. There are approximately 75 Knots™ in a quarter page (talent™) of Vocht Canon Ruling™ 1P6 (College Ruled) – about 75 Knots™ or 50 words per  paragraph. Writing at a cruising speed of 75 Knots™/min suggests you write 1 talent™ in under 5 minutes.

To begin, start by selecting the pen or pencil you will be using. Several Pens on the market have been designed for speed, like the Velocity Pen sold in our shop, but many top speed pens, like a cigar boat, require a maximum room for turning and liquid to keep your penmanship afloat, so selecting the correct writing vessel for sailing inside Vocht Canon Ruling™ (VCR) is important. Furthermore, a sharp pencil or fine tipped pen, like a micro pen, will rip through a piece of paper at high speeds more easily than a non-sharp instrument but will perform better at cornering letters and for producing small legible letters. Remember to keep this in mind.

Once you’ve selected your VCR™ – ruled paper size – and the writing vessel (pen/pencil), your ready to take your penmanship into the high-c’s (so to say).

To Calculate Knot Speed™ Efficiency:

Count the number of legible knots™

• ex. 48 knots™

2. Take the number of legible knots™, and the number of total knots™ per minute, and write as a ratio

• ex. 48/50 knots™/min.

3. Divide the top number by the bottom number to get a percent

• • • ex. 48 / 50 = 96% writing efficiency.

Now you have learned to calculate your writing speed in Knots™ per minute, and know the rate at which your are efficiently writing. Happy Sailing!

WRITING TIP! Printing letters is more time consuming than writing in cursive. Using cursive, your penmanship departs from the Prescribed Ruling Stationery™ (PRS™) less, therefore you are able to increase your Knot Speed™. With plenty of practice, you’ll sail around the edges of your Freedom in 2 minutes flat, leaving enough time to replace those assemblies™ with real people, and give them a speech.