Why most cursive forms of two Chinese characters, "不" and "正", have a different shape that violates the stroke order?

Question

Tell me why most cursive forms of Chinese character, "不", is shaped like this:

Instead of this?:

Looks like four dots. And another Chinese character, "正", shaped like this:

Instead of this?:

Why is this exists, Tell me how is this exists?!

dROOOze · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-06 06:43:54Z

There might be a bit of misunderstanding about where cursive script comes from. Many cursive characters do not actually come from regular script, but are derived from Warring States era brush calligraphy and seal script shapes.

This here

cannot approximate the shape or follow the stroke order of

as the left part isn't as emphasised as this:

This here

cannot approximate the shape or follow the stroke order of

nearly as well as this:

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