What's the point of writing in cursive? - Page 2 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Scorpion23 · 12-11-2003, 08:46 PM

I would have to say that as a lefty I was never very fast at cursive writing. Once I got to high school the teachers didn't care anymore so I started printing again. Now my print is much faster than cursive.
It's gotten to the point that the only thing I can do in cursive is my signature, and it's full of spikes and straight lines more reminiscent of print than the smooth flow of true cursive.

Jonnymax · 12-12-2003, 02:43 AM

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Originally posted by empu
Perhaps cursive evolved in part because quills with real ink didn't have to leave the paper as often, which meant there were fewer opportunities for unsightly drippage.

This is exactly what popped into my head when I first opened up this thread.

12-11-2003, 08:46 PM	#41 (permalink)
Scorpion23 Psycho	I would have to say that as a lefty I was never very fast at cursive writing. Once I got to high school the teachers didn't care anymore so I started printing again. Now my print is much faster than cursive. It's gotten to the point that the only thing I can do in cursive is my signature, and it's full of spikes and straight lines more reminiscent of print than the smooth flow of true cursive. __________________ "Empirically observed covariation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality" - Edward Tufte