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 : 30. The long lines should be horizontal, and the perpendicular without any inclination.
 * 31. The oblique stroke should not be too much elongated.
 * 32. The long oblique in these should be nearly straight, with a certain appearance of strength; that is, as if drawn with a firm steady hand.
 * 33. Let the hooked stroke below be sufficiently bent.
 * 34. Here the bent stroke should include, and, as it were, embrace the character at the side.
 * 35. The lower strokes must be placed centrically under those above.
 * 36. The hooked strokes in the left-hand portion must be contracted.
 * 37. The point of the hooked stroke should be directed towards the middle of the four dots.: 38. These should be even at the top.
 * 39. These should be even at the bottom.
 * 40. Where there are many right oblique strokes, some must be at full length, and some contracted.
 * 41. Some of the hooks in the component parts must be suppressed, and some indicated.
 * 42. The hook in the upper portion should be slightly, and in the lower, more strongly indicated.
 * 48. The hooked stroke at the top should be contracted, and the one below extended.
 * 44. The upper part of these characters should be broader than the under.
 * 45. The under part in these should be broader than the upper.
 * 46. Let the left-hand portion yield in size to the right.
 * 47. Let the right-hand portion yield in size to the left.
 * 48. Let the two sides be large, and the middle small.
 * 49. In these the middle portion should be fully written.
 * 50. The middle portion in these should be small.
 * 51. The hooked stroke in these must be bent, and with an appearance of strength, as if drawn with a firm hand.
 * 52. The bent stroke must be round and flowing.
 * 53. The oblique stroke to the left must not be too thin and elongated.
 * 54. The two left oblique strokes must not be parallel to each other.
 * 55. When there are three oblique strokes together, let the top of each proceed from the middle of the one immediately above it.