> This form of writing was dated as soon as the ballpoint pen was invented, which was in the 19th century. While technically correct, that's all this is. Loud

> This form of writing was dated as soon as the ballpoint pen was invented, which was in the 19th century. While technically correct, that's all this is. Loud might've invented the ballpoint in the late 19th century, but they weren't of even remotely practical use until the late 1930s with Bíró's refinements, and even then they only took off after WW2. > By tradition we have clung to this terrible writing style instead of introducing something more sensible and modern like italic cursive, which is connected but without loops. That's wholly a matter of personal style. Plenty of people learn and use cursive styles that lack loops.