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Somewhat relatedly, I recently went on a months long mission to reacquaint myself with cursive. I hadn't used it since grade school, and had almost totally forg

• throwanem 4y ago
  Hardly useless. Over something like three thousand pages of work notes and personal diary since I discovered the habit in 2018, I've learned there's something to the idea that longhand writing eases access to a somewhat unique mode of thought. There's craftsmanship to it, too. It's not something I anticipated, but I do enjoy for its own sake not being the anglophone sort of wāpurobaka any more.
• cratermoon 4y ago
  Cursive as taught in American schools was never very practical, for a lot of reasons. But writing by hand is an important skill, and the block letter style they teach kids isn't really up to the task of writing long passages. I recommend learning the Getty-Dubay italic style. It's a bit like block letters but with strokes and joiners designed for both legibility and speed. I spent a good two months with the book some 20 years ago and the before-and-after of my handwriting, while not dramatic, is clear to me, and I write faster. https://handwritingsuccess.com/write-now/ https://handwritingsuccess.com/write-now/
  • Symbiote 4y ago
    I'm not an expert, but that looks very much like the handwriting I was taught at primary school in England in the 1990s. I think we started learning it when we were 7-8 years old, and could be trusted with a cheap fountain pen. Before that, it was printing with a pencil.