Personal experience with handwriting change: My writing became stylised in my teens, as I'm sure is true with many others. It sloped backwards, and I used a Gr

Personal experience with handwriting change: My writing became stylised in my teens, as I'm sure is true with many others. It sloped backwards, and I used a Greek style e and d, purely out of aesthetic reasons. In my adult life I noticed this made my writing really slow. This became a problem when I sat some exams in adulthood: my hand cramped as I tried to scrawl as fast as possible in the time limit. I deliberately investigated faster, more comfortable writing styles. Internet consensus, which I note agree with, indicated that joined-up, forward-leaning (italic) cursive was the way to go. The saw-tooth shape that underpins most letters is easy and feels natural -- if you're right handed. It took me about 6 months of deliberate effort before the transition was fully embedded, and I'm still very pleased that I made the change.