genuinegirly

I love handwriting.
I appreciate when someone hands me a hand-written note that is clearly written, but I can also decipher cryptic messes. I find it humorous that someone with legible handwriting apologizes for their sloppiness while one who writes sloppily is rarely bothered.

Here are a few questions to guide the discussion. Feel free to answer any or none of these questions.


How frequently do you find yourself writing or printing?
Do you enjoy writing?
How do you feel about the quality of your cursive?
Are you bothered by others' penmanship?
Did you have to take an assigned penmanship course?
At what age did you stop focusing on your writing legibility?
Have you trained yourself in caligraphy or other artsy writing forms?
Do you feel that handwriting is a dying art?

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How frequently do you find yourself writing or printing?
Daily. If I'm not writing a tag for something in the lab, I am writing myself or a friend a note.

At what age did you stop focusing on your writing legibility?
Never. For most of my life I have tried to improve my penmanship by writing journals. My second grade teacher was appaled by my writing and asked my mother to encourage me to write something on my own every day. This was the start of a long-standing journal fetish. Incidentally, my third grade teacher informed my mother that my handwriting was hopeless, at which point my father pulled out the typewriter and a typing tutorial book. At the same time that I tried endlessly to perfect my penmanship, I worked at my typing speed and accuracy.

How do you feel about the quality of your cursive?
I didn't feel confident with my handwriting until college. After a lifetime of being told that my handwriting was disgusting, and working to improve it, a girl in one of my courses leaned over and whispered that my handwriting was the most beautiful she has ever seen. I was shocked. It was a confidence-booster.

Did you have to take an assigned penmanship course?
I have never taken a penmanship course. I have always kept my eyes open for one. I am jealous of my aunt who was required to take penmanship as part of her secretarial schooling - her writing is beautiful.

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