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Definitely not. It is a pain in the ass to write discrete characters with a quill or a fountain pen, so it's more of a change over time than geography. In fact
by duaneb 10y ago
Definitely not. It is a pain in the ass to write discrete characters with a quill or a fountain pen, so it's more of a change over time than geography.
In fact, I find it more interesting to consider when printing (non-joined letters) became acceptable for an educated person. I'd put money it is directly related to ball point pens and pencils.
- syntheticnature 10y agoI expect drafting plays a role; "Engineer handwriting" often actually is "writing in drafting letters," sometimes in a SmallCaps style for lowercase.
- duaneb 10y agoWell, cursive was always an approximation of hand-inked separate glyphs and then the printed glyphs. small caps predates lowercase.
- syntheticnature 10y agoI expect drafting plays a role; "Engineer handwriting" often actually is "writing in drafting letters," sometimes in a SmallCaps style for lowercase.