Handwriting generally refers to both joined and non-joined writing. If there is a need to distinguish, usually people say cursive or print. As in "Print your

Handwriting generally refers to both joined and non-joined writing. If there is a need to distinguish, usually people say cursive or print. As in "Print your name and sign below..." Cursive in my experience is very difficult for someone other than the writer to read- even when it is written neatly, it is more difficult to read than print or type with a decent font selected :)