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Library hand is beautiful to read, and in theory I'd love to have such nice handwriting. But in practice, I value writing speed over all other factors, and I'm
by bonniemuffin 10y ago
Library hand is beautiful to read, and in theory I'd love to have such nice handwriting. But in practice, I value writing speed over all other factors, and I'm usually the only one who needs to be able to read my writing. As long as it's legible to me, it's good enough.
- mmel 10y agoIf speed is your main concern, have you considered using a shorthand?
- tbirrell 10y agoShorthand is one of those magical things that seems nice to know but looks like learning a different language.
- ColanR 10y agoIt's not actually that bad. If you're half-decent with memorizing, it's just a new set of symbols. The speed comes from ease of writing (just like in this article).
- themodelplumber 10y agoI started with Ford Shorthand (.Com). It took me a few one hour sessions across 3 days to memorize the glyphs. 6 months of practice later, I was writing much faster and more freely--now it didn't matter where I left my notes. I now have a very hard time not automatically switching to this simple shorthand when I'm writing fast. It's just much more efficient. I also know how to write Gregg at a basic level but Ford was way better for a beginner.
- AceyMan 10y agoMy late mother was a executive secretary (old terms) in a corporate chemical engineering department [1]. She could type tables and such like a demon ... on a Royal manual typewriter, no less. She also could knock out quite decent Gregg shorthand, and I took a stab at learning it from a textbook I picked up used somewhere. I'd pick her brains for help when the book left me hanging. I achieved a decent proficiency for a moderate effort off-hours attempt at self-instruction. It certainly required some patience and effort but I found it fairly natural and well conceived, elegant even. Someday maybe I'll pick it up again. In fifteen years it will seem like alchemy to the young'uns of the future.
- vacri 10y ago> As long as it's legible to me, it's good enough. Reminds me of when I was a neuro tech, and one of the neurologists in the department had the worst handwriting I've ever seen. Usually we could nut out what the referrals said, but one of them was so bad that we had to knock on his door and ask for clarification. He couldn't read it himself and ended up saying "well, I know the patient, and what they need is...". Absolutely lovely bloke, but "doctor's handwriting" to the extreme...
- rootbear 10y agoThanks to arthritis and some nerve damage, unless I write very slowly, even I can't read my writing anymore. It's very annoying.
- rootbear 10y agoThanks to arthritis and some nerve damage, unless I write very slowly, even I can't read my writing anymore. It's very annoying.