Cursive is an anachronism; there's just no need to write that quickly anymore, now that most people are able to type when they need to record something.
Poll: How do you Write?
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i write in print(non-cursive >_>)
i can read and write cursive but its too slow and i can only read if its actually cursive which is kinda rare, a lot of people make their own styles
i can type faster than i can write but my school isnt very tech friendly so yeah
i can read and write cursive but its too slow and i can only read if its actually cursive which is kinda rare, a lot of people make their own styles
i can type faster than i can write but my school isnt very tech friendly so yeah
I write in cursive with my left hand and in print with my right, and I switch hands when one gets tired, so my note pages are generally a messed up mixture of the two. It's legible, but I'm not a master calligrapher.
Nothing well ever replace my cursive handwriting. While it may be a bit slower than typing, it is more portable and more can be conveyed through handwriting - such as easy annotations.
Also, most of my writing would be for work and so be full of equations. Formally, I type all that out in LaTEX. But this takes a LOT longer than simply writing an equation so that is by far better for day-to-day use.
Also, most of my writing would be for work and so be full of equations. Formally, I type all that out in LaTEX. But this takes a LOT longer than simply writing an equation so that is by far better for day-to-day use.
The only time I use cursive is for signatures. I actually have to think about how to form the letters for it otherwise. It's even hard for me to read now. In school about the time we got cursive down pat, they told us not to use it. What was the point? Anyway, manuscript is my mode. Though I do give my letters some tilt and flair. I write my "t" the way is shows up here - with the hook on the bottom - so that it doesn't look like a plus sign.
In a big, childlike, non-cursive scrawl.
I learned cursive in my last few years of school, but it never stuck. It was a pain in the ass to keep up.
The teacher seemed to complain however I wrote, so I decided to stick with whatever came naturally.
I learned cursive in my last few years of school, but it never stuck. It was a pain in the ass to keep up.
The teacher seemed to complain however I wrote, so I decided to stick with whatever came naturally.
Cursive or print to me is an on/off switch. I can use both, but by default I normally use print.
I take every excuse I can to avoid writing by hand, but if I absolutely have to make a meat-world copy I just use plain old printing.
I was never very fond of cursive, I'm afraid.
I was never very fond of cursive, I'm afraid.
That's actually pretty cool...MIIK900 said:
I used to write almost solely in cursive, but now I've kind of bridged between cursive and regular writing, which I like a lot. It lets me write way faster, and I think looks a bit better than cursive. I can still write in both, but I take notes and such using that.
But for things like school projects, I always always always type it up. Just because of my mad fast typing skills and that's what I'm used to. My little notetaking format in a notebook, paragraphs and further on my laptop.
Da Chi said:
When I left primary school (age 11-12 in-case your not a Brit) you were almost considered illiterate if you couldn't write cursive. I think 1 kid in my class of 30 odd didnt use it. And that was preference. He COULD write cursive. Its not like I'm old either. I'm only 21. My handwriting is pretty messy by virtue of being a lefty, but I still write cursive even now I spend the vast majority of my writing time on a computer.
Computer, if I have my own computer and/or flash drive with me. Failing that, I tend to print in notebooks...if slowly, and with very poor handwriting.