Does Anyone Else Write A Blend Of Print And Cursive?

[dvalliere]

I've had folks comment on my default handwriting style which is printing with a blend of some cursive. While I am capable of purely printing or writing in real cursive, over the years I've unconsciously developed an efficient blend of both.

 

An S may be print or cursive depending on where it falls within a word. The R in 'heart' will likely be cursive but the R in 'rabbit' will be print. The way I form the "tail" on my lowercase letter G varies depending on whether it falls mid-word or at the end of the word.

 

Does anyone else have a similar writing style? Or is this just one more way in which I'm "special"?

[carlos.q]

I also blend my cursive with my printing so I guess you are as special as I am..

[pmhudepo]

When taking notes at work, which is when I'm least conscious of my writing style, I use a blend of print and looped cursive as well. Especially the letter 't' can take several shapes. I suppose it is a blend of Print, Chicken Scratch and Palmer.

 

When writing in my journal at home, or writing a card or message, my handwriting looks more like Palmer although it doesn't use quite as much space horizontally. My writing is often more upright and contains more letters per inch than I think it should if I wanted it to be a proper Palmer script.

 

I also like to practise cursive italic (as in Arrighi, Alfred Fairbank, Lloyd Reynolds) with a stub or italic nib. Occasionally I use that for headlines, especially in my journal, or for cards, but it hasn't become my default writing style. For me, it still lacks to flow that a script like Palmer has.

 

All of this varies throughout the years. About 5 years ago, I used printing much more than I do these days. I'm sure in a couple more years, it will be different yet again. (And this year, I hope to reach The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, so I guess it is very possible to change your writing even if you are well past your twenties.)

Edited February 11, 2016 by pmhudepo

[Ursus]

Margaret Thatcher did it too.

[Cyber6]

Does anyone else have a similar writing style? Or is this just one more way in which I'm "special"?

 

 

Sorry, I don't think we are THAT special. Most people trained in cursive writing will eventually develop a mix of print and cursive. At least in my experience, that is what I've noticed.

 

It makes perfect sense... growing up, I was forced to only use "Palmer" method of cursive writing (french schooling)... but as soon as I was "free" I started using some print. You can't take away all the years of cursive training, so my writing eventually evolved to this lovely mix.

 

 

I am quite capable of really nice cursive, and I am really not capable of full printing (too exhausting) .. but a blend of the two seems to be the most efficient writing style for me.

 

 

 

 

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[Charles Rice]

I do it all the time - especially when I am not sure of the spelling.

[DaveT]

I mix mine as well.

 

Certain letters like capital "T" was a letter I was never happy with it. My last name starts with T so I had to come up with my own version when I sign my name.

 

Also, in my journal I will change from cursive to print for a whole paragraph when I get frustrated with the sloppiness of my cursive.

[katerchen]

I would guess that it would describe many of us who started out with mandatory cursive.

[Dragonmaster Lou]

I also use a mix of print and cursive, depending on what I'm doing. I've gotten more into straight cursive than the mix recently, but I still use print when it comes to things like acronyms and initialisms at, personally, I don't like how capital Palmer-style cursive letters look when right next.

 

I'll also use print when I'm writing down snippets of computer code (I'm a software engineer). This kind of mirrors how computer code is usually written with a different font than body text in computer books and such.

 

I am thinking about switching my daily hand from Palmer-style cursive to italic though, mostly because I find italic much more pleasant to look at than the Palmer I learned.

[akustyk]

I have given up on both cursive and italic. Italic is too slow; my cursive looks either messy or childish. Both are too hard for me to learn to be practical. Cursive printing is fast, easy, and feels most natural to me. I can do it without thinking, with any pen, on any paper. I don't care how it looks, either.

 

[ac12]

My S is like a S, and my Q is like a Q not a 2, still working on the Z.

[stonezebra]

I do a mix of cursive and printing but mostly cursive.

[richila]

I learned cursive first;it is what my mother was teaching the year I wanted to learn to write.It gave my first grade teacher fits; she demanded printing. My writing has been an inconsistent Hodge podge until recently. I found a hand that I like and now there is much more cursive than printing.

[inkstainedruth]

I do, partly because I've only gone back to cursive in the last couple of years after 4 + decades of printing everything except for signatures. In particular, capital letters are often printed (particularly capital "I" for some reason).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[the_gasman]

I have given up on both cursive and italic. Italic is too slow; my cursive looks either messy or childish. Both are too hard for me to learn to be practical. Cursive printing is fast, easy, and feels most natural to me. I can do it without thinking, with any pen, on any paper. I don't care how it looks, either.

 

 

Messy and childish !!! :yikes:

 

I don't think so! akustyk, all of those writing samples are absolutely exquisite -- a feast for the eyes.

 

Cheers,

David.

[dvalliere]

akustyk, I love your penmanship. It's so consistent, clear, and elegant.

[thomasrhee]

This is messy or childish??? Please.

 

I have given up on both cursive and italic. Italic is too slow; my cursive looks either messy or childish. Both are too hard for me to learn to be practical. Cursive printing is fast, easy, and feels most natural to me. I can do it without thinking, with any pen, on any paper. I don't care how it looks, either.

 

[thomasrhee]

My "cursive" is a mix of both cursive and print lettering when I'm writing freely without thought or trying to write fast such as taking notes. I only write 100% cursive if I concentrate and set my mind to it.

 

I write in block printing with capital letters only being signified by being slightly larger than lowercase probably for half of my writing and the mixed cursive when I do "free" writing.

[pmhudepo]

I have to agree with the comments on akustyk's handwriting: it looks great!

[CraigR]

Yes, I write using cursive with occasional print lettering. Too many years of printing everything for work makes it hard for me to return to purely cursive writing. Trying though.