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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or people like me have Autism and ADHD, this lacking the fine motor control for handwriting.

My "handwriting" ended up with me being the only kid in school that was permitted to hand in all my written work by typing it up on computer and printing it out. In 1990.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I ended up on the opposite side of that. Writing was one of my obsessions growing up, so my cursive is very classic and neat. I need to get back into writing more than work notes, actually.