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> writing in cursive is much, much more efficient That is very false. It’s kind of slow compared to handwriting print-looking letters (eg https://en.m.wikipedi
by rhaps0dy 4y ago
> writing in cursive is much, much more efficient
That is very false. It’s kind of slow compared to handwriting print-looking letters (eg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Nealian) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D'Nealian)
Source: https://theproductiveengineer.net/is-it-faster-to-write-in-cursive-or-print/ https://theproductiveengineer.net/is-it-faster-to-write-in-c...
And also for many years I wrote cursive, then I switched to something that looks like D’Neal, and it was somewhat faster and easier to read (but not super fast)
- ghaff 4y agoI actually wonder if shorthand would be a useful skill for a lot of people. I never learned it (though I sort of had my own informal system) and, indeed, basically never typed until college (and never learned to touch-type) because those were things secretaries did back in the day.
- IncRnd 4y agoIt's used by court reporters. I've been in a couple of depositions, mediations, and a lawsuit. The court reporters use a special device that works for fast shorthand typing, and their fingers blaze across those devices. I know that shorthand would decrease the time that I spend taking notes or would increase the quality of the notes.
- ghaff 4y agoShorthand is something different. There are a couple different systems to take notes by hand. As I remember Gregg and Pittman (or something close to that) were the two primary systems.
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- IncRnd 4y agoShorthand is something different. I'm not sure what you mean. Shorthand is what was being discussed.
- nerdponx 4y agoThe post confused shorthand with stenography. Short hand is a condensed writing system. Stenography is an input system that produces fully form to standard text, significantly faster than you could type it one letter at a time on a standard keyboard.
- IncRnd 4y agoCourt reporters, also known as court stenographers or shorthand reporters, use a stenographic machine that records a form of phonetic shorthand. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://dlelegal.com/stenography-court-reporter-miami/ https://dlelegal.com/stenography-court-reporter-miami/ [2] https://planetdepos.com/trending/content/what-stenographer https://planetdepos.com/trending/content/what-stenographer [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_reporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_reporter
- detourdog 4y agoI think cursive existed due to the technology of the pen required a technique that managed the surface tension of the ink.
- IncRnd 4y agoThe origins of the cursive method are associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill. Quills are fragile, easily broken, and will spatter unless used properly. They also run out of ink faster than most contemporary writing utensils. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive#Origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive#Origin
- nerdponx 4y agoThis article doesn't actually support the claim that D'Nealian is faster than cursive. It just states the claim, without any references. D'Nealian is intended as a teaching script, so the claim is dubious to me. That said, I definitely don't write in stereotypical looped cursive. I remember that I did learn D'Nealian in school, and my handwriting today is something like a hybrid. The main improvement in speed for me came from the ability to write entire words in a single flowing hand motion, rather than having to pick up the pen repeatedly between letters. Cursive provides a consistent method for doing that.
- wrycoder 4y agoRight. D'Nealian is clearly an intermediate form, which is intended to be abandoned once proper cursive is learned. It's also rather ugly and it looks immature when used as actual handwriting.
- floe 4y agoThis website just looks like an SEO farm.
- Last5Digits 4y agoIf you don't mind me asking, how did you make the switch? I've been writing cursive since early childhood and "chickenscratch" would be too nice a word for what my handwriting looks like. Every time I've tried to change to print, however, I inevitably get stuck on the fact that I write like a child for months and months before any improvement can be seen. It's just very embarrassing to hand someone a note that looks like it was written by an elementary schooler who just learned their letters.
- Aeolun 4y agoI find the quality of my non-cursive writing increases by leaps and bounds if I can just manage to make myself slow down enough.
- Dalewyn 4y agoBetween chickenscratch cursive and elementary school print, I would prefer the latter. Why? Because I can't read chickenscratch cursive, but I can read print no matter how badly it is written. Writing is fundamentally a communication medium, so if the resulting text is unreadable your writing does not serve its most important and fundamental purpose of conveying yourself to others. As for how to improve: Slow down and write more. That's really all there is to it.
- Aeolun 4y agoHere is one more from ghe source of some Wikipedia pages. It looks like writing speed is the same: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.21691 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.21691
- wrycoder 4y agoD'Nealian looks like disconnected Palmer. But, the extra pen lifts slow you down. I handwrite with a modified semi-linked italic cursive. It's about twice as fast as my printing, and I can go faster, if I let it turn into a scrawl. That can't be done with printing.