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This isn't the first time I've said this, but I believe doing serious genealogy will 'cure' most people of their love of cursive, and maybe writing things by ha
by sseagull 9y ago
This isn't the first time I've said this, but I believe doing serious genealogy will 'cure' most people of their love of cursive, and maybe writing things by hand in general.
You get better at reading it, but there is much more bad handwriting out there than good.
- WalterBright 9y agoWith all this work on facial recognition, voice transcription, etc., I'd love to see some AI work on decoding handwriting. It would be a great boon to me.
- NoGravitas 9y agoI harp on and on about this, but the looped cursive of the 19th and 20th centuries is horrible for legibility. Many of the common letterforms blur together, especially when written quickly. There were reasons for adopting it at the time, but it really shouldn't be taught anymore. Today we should be teaching cursive italic, for several reasons (legibility, ease of teaching).
- KateGladstone 9y agoI think as you do on this matter. I wish I knew how to get in touch with you. Meanwhile, there’s always the Society for Italic Handwriting, to shic( I belong: italic-handwriting.org Kate Gladstone CEO, HandwritingThatWorks.com DIRECTOR, the World Handwriting Contest handwritingrepair@gmail.com
- KateGladstone 9y agoI think as you do on this matter. I wish I knew how to get in touch with you. Meanwhile, there’s always the Society for Italic Handwriting, to which I belong: italic-handwriting.org Kate Gladstone CEO, HandwritingThatWorks.com DIRECTOR, the World Handwriting Contest handwritingrepair@gmail.com