The Slow Demise of Cursive

[kybearfuzz]

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[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I wrote something similar to this months ago. There are still many reasons to use cursive writing. If I was interviewing someone and they could not write cursive, I'd rule them out for consideration from a job opening and if I was forced to hire them, I'd take their toys away. We use cursive every day. I use it for list making and to fill out welcome cards, to fill out applications and parts of the lease.There is no excuse for printing or typing everything. It has nothing to do with being a luddite. I just expect someone to write cursive.
ps... Love your handwriting!

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I went through my last degree taking all my notes in longhand in lined notebooks.

My cursive is now a mix of script and printing and calligraphic swashes. It isn't as legible or as pretty as yours. But it's my own, and I can see the roots of the cursive handwriting I learnt back when I was a kid.

[putzmeisterbear.livejournal.com]

It is very sad it isn't being used anymore. Not that I ever had very legible handwriting. But it is very sad to see it go.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I wish MY handwriting was that neat!

As it is now, I'm the only one who can read my printing, and not even I can read my handwriting!

Thank God for typing!

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

See, but you have gorgeous (gorgeous!) penmanship. For those of us who never got good grades in handwriting, the keyboard is a welcome escape from hand-cramps and borderline legibility...

(And yes, that's pure envy speaking...)

[sunbeam-bears.livejournal.com]

We are loving this.

[mat-t.livejournal.com]

I haven't used cursive for anything other than my signature for 15-20 years. It's gotten to the point where I've almost forgotten how to write certain letters. My signature is mostly illegible too. But then, my handwriting in cursive was always pretty terrible anyway.

[divos-voids.livejournal.com]

very nice handiwork there, mark. my handwriting sux these days.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

My handwriting/cursive has never been particularly nice but nowadays anything I write by hand anymore is a bizarre mix of cursive and printing, sometimes within the same word. I don't know what is with my brain but it seems I can't do a full sentence in one or the other anymore. Overall I really don't have a problem with cursive disappearing... I'm totally happy with reading things that are typed and legible (most don't have such wonderful penmanship as you do).

[jkusters]

As someone who gets compliments on his own hand writing, let me say that your's is quite beautiful. Did you ever study calligraphy? Your writing has the signs, to me, of someone who has taken the time to make art out of letters, if that makes any sense.

I also take to hand writing when I want to write something thoughtful. For some reason, the slower pace and tactileness of hand writing allows my brain to function at a different level, resulting in much more polished creativity than what comes out of my typing.

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

nice curves!

*whistles*

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

beautiful penmanship...