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This article over on Hack-A-Day seemed like it would appeal here. It discusses how the physical aspects of a cheap ballpoint pen are just less well suited to cursive writing as compared to a fountain pen. Enjoy!

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[–] Reddprawns 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or people just don't need to write as much, especially not in cursive since it only adds legibility problems.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think the exact opposite, most people's (who are old enough to have learned cursive) handwriting are more legible in cursive. A huge amount of people print AWFULLY.

[–] xkforce 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meanwhile in reality... millions of documents with cursive writing on them from decades ago aren't legible enough to be transcribed. Being taught cursive DOES NOT mean your cursive is any good. It is far easier for most people to read and write in print which is why you are no longer allowed to use it on any documents of consequence aside from a signature.

[–] Speculater 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a university instructor, hard disagree. I hate when my students write in cursive. At least with bad print I can figure out what it means eventually. A few squiggles and a loop could be Lom, Foo, Goll, or anything else. Forget the fact they don't dot their i's or cross their t's.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I had a university prof that couldn't read his own print. Those of us in his classes had no hope to read it.

I'd hate to imagine what his cursive was like!

[–] FunnyUsername 15 points 1 year ago

Every doctor signature ever disagrees

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

how is handwriting more legible in cursive? It looks nothing like the letters we are used to in print

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That’s got to just be practice though, right? If you write primarily in cursive, it’s going to look better. Nowadays, people hardly write at all. As long as I can read my handwriting, it doesn’t really matter in my day-to-day life.

[–] Psaldorn 4 points 1 year ago

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷?

(I agree)