> In school, we learned something called "loop writing", literally translated Yeah, this is what we call cursive. > What is the alternative; what do Americans

> In school, we learned something called "loop writing", literally translated Yeah, this is what we call cursive. > What is the alternative; what do Americans do when writing by hand? We write the "printer font" or "capital letters" that you mention. > I still write notes and messages on paper all the time, and I can't imagine bothering to spend twice as long on it. Firstly, most people don't write on paper that much anymore. Secondly, this is sort of like when people on hacker news talk about using a tiling window manager like i3. They can't imagine going back to a regular window manager, they are so much more productive, etc, etc. But at the end of the day, tiling window managers remain niche because swapping between windows isn't a bottleneck in the workflow of 99.9% of people. They mainly contribute to making someone feel more productive rather than be more productive. In other words, writing speed isn't a bottleneck in the workflow of 99.9% of people so it just doesn't matter much if we do it inefficiently. If you were a court stenographer required to write by hand or something, then cursive would be a good investment. Otherwise, meh, not much point.