Hell no, it just looks dreadful with my handwriting. They slapped cursive in my face when I went to primary school, then I immediately dropped it when I moved up because i just hated it, and my handwriting improved drastically when I did.
Poll: Do You Write In Cursive?
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Where's the "It's Complicated" option?
When I write in my journal, I use block Latin. When I write a note in English, I use cursive Latin. When I write definitions and lists in Cyrillic, I use block Cyrillic. When I write anything else in Russian, I use Cyrillic cursive. My signature is either cursive Latin, cursive Cyrillic or block Cyrillic depending on what I'm signing and how asleep I am at the time.
...The only truly consistent aspect of my writing is that it sucks. "Russian cursive makes me sad sometimes", indeed.
When I write in my journal, I use block Latin. When I write a note in English, I use cursive Latin. When I write definitions and lists in Cyrillic, I use block Cyrillic. When I write anything else in Russian, I use Cyrillic cursive. My signature is either cursive Latin, cursive Cyrillic or block Cyrillic depending on what I'm signing and how asleep I am at the time.
...The only truly consistent aspect of my writing is that it sucks. "Russian cursive makes me sad sometimes", indeed.
I write in astute-retard. Which is to say I'll switch between neat connected flowing script to 3rd grade special needs child mid-word.
No, only my signature. My Swedish teacher made me give up cursive when I was 13 since she couldn't read it. Don't think I'd remember how to write like that if I tried now.
I think it's quite pointless these days and it's bound to get even more pointless now that more and more bring laptops to school for their notes. It can be handy at times, but overall... pointless.
Looks nice when done properly though.
I think it's quite pointless these days and it's bound to get even more pointless now that more and more bring laptops to school for their notes. It can be handy at times, but overall... pointless.
Looks nice when done properly though.
Yes, by accident. Actually, I only half write in cursive, I switch between cursive and normal, which is horrible for people to read. It's bad. Bad bad bad. It should not be taught.
No, I can't reasonably assume people can read them. After all, writing is a form of communication.
sure why not taught in school. It's still an art form.
sure why not taught in school. It's still an art form.
When I write notes for myself, I write in Cursive. However, my cursive writing is so slanted that people have trouble reading it, at least initially. Whenever I have to write something that someone else is going to have to read, I use block letters and I write as neatly as possible.
Years of reading patient charts and having to deal with the often borderline illegible writing of doctors has led me to try to write as neatly and as clearly as possible whenever it is my time to write in the chart.
Years of reading patient charts and having to deal with the often borderline illegible writing of doctors has led me to try to write as neatly and as clearly as possible whenever it is my time to write in the chart.
Did you know that if you set font-family to cursive in a HTML document you get Comic Sans MS? I learned that yesterday when I was looking for a nice attractive font for a wedding website. Wasn't quite the effect I was going for.
In answer to your question, always, and my handwriting is illegible. It would be pretty hard to read anyway, but I got into the habit at a young age and it's difficult to break.
In answer to your question, always, and my handwriting is illegible. It would be pretty hard to read anyway, but I got into the habit at a young age and it's difficult to break.
I get about 1/3 the way down the page/form and my block letter handwriting starts to turn into cursive (not real cursive, just really shitty handwriting) as my brain screams to be able to use a keyboard again and wants to get going at a more normal and reasonably paced 85 WPM. Does that count?
Not really. After I learned it, I wrote almost exclusively in cursive throughout middle school and high school (with Spanish class being the exception, because it just made it more difficult to read). However, once I started college and had to start taking and reviewing notes in class more, I found that my notes were harder to follow when I wrote them in cursive, so I started printing instead. Other than taking notes in class, I pretty much just typed everything as opposed to handwriting it, so that's where my cursive writing more or less ended.
Depends.
If a native speaker is reading it, or if it's a signiature or an important document, then cursive.
However, if I want a Chinese person to read it, I use a stroke system similar to Chinese because it's efficient and easy when applied to Roman Characters.
If a native speaker is reading it, or if it's a signiature or an important document, then cursive.
However, if I want a Chinese person to read it, I use a stroke system similar to Chinese because it's efficient and easy when applied to Roman Characters.
I write in a similar typeface to the top of the page where it says "post reply" or "thread index". Its easy for others to read and it stands out