ifonlywecould

I believe that is a more recent phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_Internat...

Is it possible that the inherent inefficiency of handwriting in recording information is what facilitates cognitive development? Writing information by hand requires the writer to parse the information being written and become skilled in understanding the most important aspects of the information to write since it is impractical to handwrite everything verbatim as it comes to mind.