> Cursive is awful, with no practical redeeming values. Being able to write quickly seems pretty redeeming. Note too that there are different forms of cursive

> Cursive is awful, with no practical redeeming values. Being able to write quickly seems pretty redeeming. Note too that there are different forms of cursive. I'd agree that the Palmer method is awful (seriously, the letterforms are grotesque), but Italic cursive (e.g. http://s226.photobucket.com/user/caliken_2007/media/zapf5601-1.jpg.html http://s226.photobucket.com/user/caliken_2007/media/zapf5601...) is beautiful.