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What Is Killing Cursive? Ballpoints. Probably. (hackaday.com)

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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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[–] 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!

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