Cursive Writing

[BvBPL]

Your proof is that print media uses print? How very tautological.

 

[Arakhor]

Chalk me up as another Briton absolutely baffled that joined-up writing excites so much ire and/or pride in printing everything. My handwriting is terrible, so I print all in capitals if filling in forms and suchlike, but otherwise I just write normally (i.e. joined-up).

 

[Antilogic]

Most people I know, including myself, write much faster in cursive, you are likely an exception to the rule. But as you said, it's certainly more legible to use a manuscript form of writing.

Whatever people practice, they are faster at. Also, check out my note regarding left- vs. right-handed writing. I suspect printing is heavily favored amongst lefties (such as myself), but I don't know of any systematic study that shows it to be so.

 

[jtb1127]

I have non-cursive letters that are linked together through lines so I don't have take the pen of the paper.

 

[NickyJ]

Your proof is that print media uses print? How very tautological.

I like making my points obvious.

 

[Skwink]

I normally use a mix of cursive and printing. I've never really analyzed it but some letters I'll write in their cursive form and link them to the next one and others I won't.

This, my normal writing is a hybrid of Cursive and printing.

 

[Mango Elephant]

I use cursive because it's prettier. I'm a little bit faster at print, which is why when I'm doing a tedious assignment I almost always do it in print.

 

[Camikaze]

Cursive (or 'running writing', as it's called here; not sure why 'cursive' hasn't really caught on) is very distinct from the way most people seem to write. I don't know too many people my age that use it, and it's not like it really offers a perceptible speed/legibility advantage over the hybrid that most people settle on.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

I write in a weird cursive-print-scribble hybrid which is pretty illegible to those not me, so I blame cursive for my lack of good handwriting.

 

[mangxema]

Mostly print mix here. When I write, I want to be able to read it later. Cursive is fine if you have time, but rushed print is much more legible in my experience than rushed cursive. All the humps and stuff run together.

The final nail in the coffin was trying to make a consistent signature. I've tried to make it consistent, just those letters, for years, and I still rarely do it the same way twice. The only reason that I've gotten as far as I have is that I've strategically ignored and altered letters, which is fine for a unique identifier, but obviously not a good plan when the content of the words actually matter.

 

[Zelig]

If you are left-handed and writing left-to-right, you have to push the pen across the page. If you are right-handed, you have to pull it across the page.

You seem to have missed the point of my post. I suggest you read it again, as it soundly answers this. If you're "pulling" or "pushing" a pen across paper, you suck at writing.

Whatever people practice, they are faster at. Also, check out my note regarding left- vs. right-handed writing. I suspect printing is heavily favored amongst lefties (such as myself), but I don't know of any systematic study that shows it to be so.

This is pathetic reasoning, writing is obviously intrinsically faster than printing.

Sure, walking is faster than biking if you suck at biking, but if you're reasonable at either, biking is much faster.

 

[sophie]

I'm left handed and I write nearly exclusively in cursive. It's rather illegible, but damned if it isn't fast, and it also looks pretty cool, especially in German.

 

[ZeletDude]

I learned it back in 3rd grade and I haven't used it since.

 

[Joecoolyo]

My friend uses cursive and it's damn near illegible.

Then again, I shouldn't be talking as my print-writing is literally illegible (still better than cursive though ).

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Cursive is going the way of the dinosaurs. It's not taught anymore, oh well. I never got the appeal. It's so easy to be sloppy with cursive, can be harder to read because it seems like there's much less of a standard to the shape of letters people write, and nobody uses it. Computers really killed it off.

 

[azzaman333]

I join some letters and not others. Am I writing in cursive or in print?

 

[mangxema]

I join some letters and not others. Am I writing in cursive or in print?

Not cursive. Print is somewhat subjective, since everyone's writing style is a little different, so that sounds like either print or a hybrid depending what you'd call 'print'.

 

[Antilogic]

You seem to have missed the point of my post. I suggest you read it again, as it soundly answers this. If you're "pulling" or "pushing" a pen across paper, you suck at writing.

You seem to have missed the point of mine, good sir. It's not a matter of pressure on the paper as you seem to imply, it is a matter of which direction the language is written and how the person writes. These terms are commonly used to describe what I am describing.

You are welcome to try again, though.

This is pathetic reasoning, writing is obviously intrinsically faster than printing.

Sure, walking is faster than biking if you suck at biking, but if you're reasonable at either, biking is much faster.

Not even comparable.

 

[cardgame]

I can write joined up print very fast; cursive, otoh, is slower than even fancy, extra-legible and detailed print.

 

[Dachs]

Cursive seems to me to be objectively slower than most forms of joined-up print. Too many extra BS flourishes and stuff. Cursive's capital letters are completely asstarded. Most of their lowercase letters aren't very different from print anyway.