Re:Is Handwriting History?
by userbinator on Sunday August 06, 2017 @04:48PM
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IMHO cursive script is optimised for writability, but not readability. If asked to use it, I'd probably say "I can try if you really insist, but you're unlikely to be able to read it" --- instead, I'll use my "personal font" which looks like either Futura or Courier depending on what I'm writing, and which others have commented quite positively on the legibility of.
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Re:Is Handwriting History?
by NoGravitas on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:21AM
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I learned Palmerian cursive back when that was what was taught in elementary schools, and used it for everything (exams, essays, note-taking, letter-writing) through college and graduate school. By the end of that time, my cursive had become completely illegible to anyone but myself.
I later re-taught myself to write an italic cursive, which frequently gets complimented when people see it.