What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[Freddy]

 

Fred

 

Am I The One......Beth Hart...........

[BLeeds]

Hi there. I wrote a short essay on how to achieve good handwriting on my blog, and as I was writing it I discovered that the handwriting on many of the pen and ink review sites is so terrible. This really surprised me! You would think that the people talking about pens and ink would have beautiful handwriting, but I found it to be consistently bad. So I wrote another short essay with the title below and I have included the first part below also, with a few questions at the end. Anybody have any thoughts about this, or answers to the questions in the last section?

 

What’s up with the bad handwriting on the pen review sites?

About the bad handwriting that is so commonly seen on the pen and ink review websites and blogs, I have a few questions, and feel free to respond below. The questions are more rhetorical than not, as I don’t think that there is a sure answer to them, but I will offer a couple at the end. If you look at the pen and ink reviews on the Internet, I think you will find that the handwriting on most of the sites is atrocious. The question is, why? I would give you examples of the handwriting but then I would have to hire a lawyer to defend myself against defamation suits.

The letters in the handwriting at most of those sites (“most” is not a scientific judgment but I bet is is pretty accurate–take a look for yourself) all seem to be drawn, with inconsistent sizes and shapes and slants. The writing looks like it was written by a child or someone with a physical handicap, or an older person that can’t see well, or at least by someone that doesn’t care what his or her handwriting looks like, even in a public forum. And more often than not when the person is talking about fountain pens or fountain pen ink, he or she will give a writing sample that is PRINTED rather than in cursive. Why? Probably because their handwriting would be too ugly or unreadable, and everyone has a limit on how bad they will allow themselves to appear to others. But many of them are talking about fountain pens! And one of the strong points about fountain pens is that they allow the writer to form beautiful letters and words, particularly with a personal touch that sets their cursive off from that of others.

That leads me to other questions. Why don’t these people care? Do they not see that their writing looks scribbled? Do they actually not see that it looks bad? Have they not seen the Constitution (asked with a smile)? Do they not feel just a little bit that they ought to be an example of good handwriting for others to follow? Do they not have an ounce of pride? Of all the people that you would think would care it would be the people talking about pens and ink.

Edited November 8, 2017 by amberleadavis
Removed off site link.

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[hh1990]

Hi there. I wrote a short essay on how to achieve good handwriting on my blog, and as I was writing it I discovered that the handwriting on many of the pen and ink review sites is so terrible. This really surprised me! You would think that the people talking about pens and ink would have beautiful handwriting, but I found it to be consistently bad. So I wrote another short essay with the title below and I have included the first part below also, with a few questions at the end. Anybody have any thoughts about this, or answers to the questions in the last section?

 

What’s up with the bad handwriting on the pen review sites?

About the bad handwriting that is so commonly seen on the pen and ink review websites and blogs, I have a few questions, and feel free to respond below. The questions are more rhetorical than not, as I don’t think that there is a sure answer to them, but I will offer a couple at the end. If you look at the pen and ink reviews on the Internet, I think you will find that the handwriting on most of the sites is atrocious. The question is, why? I would give you examples of the handwriting but then I would have to hire a lawyer to defend myself against defamation suits.

The letters in the handwriting at most of those sites (“most” is not a scientific judgment but I bet is is pretty accurate–take a look for yourself) all seem to be drawn, with inconsistent sizes and shapes and slants. The writing looks like it was written by a child or someone with a physical handicap, or an older person that can’t see well, or at least by someone that doesn’t care what his or her handwriting looks like, even in a public forum. And more often than not when the person is talking about fountain pens or fountain pen ink, he or she will give a writing sample that is PRINTED rather than in cursive. Why? Probably because their handwriting would be too ugly or unreadable, and everyone has a limit on how bad they will allow themselves to appear to others. But many of them are talking about fountain pens! And one of the strong points about fountain pens is that they allow the writer to form beautiful letters and words, particularly with a personal touch that sets their cursive off from that of others.

That leads me to other questions. Why don’t these people care? Do they not see that their writing looks scribbled? Do they actually not see that it looks bad? Have they not seen the Constitution (asked with a smile)? Do they not feel just a little bit that they ought to be an example of good handwriting for others to follow? Do they not have an ounce of pride? Of all the people that you would think would care it would be the people talking about pens and ink.

 

 

What does your handwriting look like?

Edited November 8, 2017 by amberleadavis
Removed offsite link.

[Freddy]

 

Fred

 

[Bookman]

Current Handwriting

Edited November 7, 2017 by Bookman

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[pgmrdan]

Duplicate post.

Edited November 10, 2017 by DanielWS

[pgmrdan]

While attempting to discover the method under which I was taught cursive writing I made a few notes to myself.

Edited November 10, 2017 by DanielWS

[Freddy]

MMDCCXXXVII

 

Fred

enjoyin' some Tesseron Cognac XO Lot 53

[Freddy]

Pens: Retro 1951 Ballpoint .925 Ag barleycorn pattern ..refill..Visconti Gel Ballpoint AA38B 1.0

Conklin Fountain Pen Lever filler with a Sweet nib..filled with Pilot Blue-Black Ink.........

 

Fred

[Retro-user]

@Bookman: Was your Mary McCarthy quote written in a Leuchtturm? (I finally learned to spell it properly from memory.)

[Bookman]

@Bookman: Was your Mary McCarthy quote written in a Leuchtturm? (I finally learned to spell it properly from memory.)

 

I wrote it in an A5 Clairefontaine "My Essential" notebook.

[Freddy]

Paper: Clairefontaine Triomphe A4 {6174}

 

Fred

....are frequent flyer miles ever taxable....

[Bookman]

My penmanship with a Waterman Exclusive F and P.R. DC Supershow Blue on Clairfontaine My Essentials notebook paper:

 

[Freddy]

MMDCCXLIII

 

Fred

Cup o' joe

[Aquaria]

My typical handwriting:

 

 

Edit to add: Forgot to mention the paper--Rhodia wirebound A4 notebook.

 

Also, I got a big haul of Chinese pens recently, and the Luoshi has (so far) been the best of them. It's on the wet side and the nib is surprisingly smooth, which makes the fine point feel almost like a medium nib. This is a keeper, enough to become a daily writer.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Aquaria

[Aquaria]

 

Hi there. I wrote a short essay on how to achieve good handwriting on my blog, and as I was writing it I discovered that the handwriting on many of the pen and ink review sites is so terrible. This really surprised me! You would think that the people talking about pens and ink would have beautiful handwriting, but I found it to be consistently bad. So I wrote another short essay with the title below and I have included the first part below also, with a few questions at the end. Anybody have any thoughts about this, or answers to the questions in the last section?

 

What’s up with the bad handwriting on the pen review sites?

About the bad handwriting that is so commonly seen on the pen and ink review websites and blogs, I have a few questions, and feel free to respond below. The questions are more rhetorical than not, as I don’t think that there is a sure answer to them, but I will offer a couple at the end. If you look at the pen and ink reviews on the Internet, I think you will find that the handwriting on most of the sites is atrocious. The question is, why? I would give you examples of the handwriting but then I would have to hire a lawyer to defend myself against defamation suits.

The letters in the handwriting at most of those sites (“most” is not a scientific judgment but I bet is is pretty accurate–take a look for yourself) all seem to be drawn, with inconsistent sizes and shapes and slants. The writing looks like it was written by a child or someone with a physical handicap, or an older person that can’t see well, or at least by someone that doesn’t care what his or her handwriting looks like, even in a public forum. And more often than not when the person is talking about fountain pens or fountain pen ink, he or she will give a writing sample that is PRINTED rather than in cursive. Why? Probably because their handwriting would be too ugly or unreadable, and everyone has a limit on how bad they will allow themselves to appear to others. But many of them are talking about fountain pens! And one of the strong points about fountain pens is that they allow the writer to form beautiful letters and words, particularly with a personal touch that sets their cursive off from that of others.

That leads me to other questions. Why don’t these people care? Do they not see that their writing looks scribbled? Do they actually not see that it looks bad? Have they not seen the Constitution (asked with a smile)? Do they not feel just a little bit that they ought to be an example of good handwriting for others to follow? Do they not have an ounce of pride? Of all the people that you would think would care it would be the people talking about pens and ink.

 

 

 

What was the point of this judgmental diatribe?

 

How people write doesn't necessarily have any bearing on what would make them a fan of fountain pens or ink.

 

Be thankful people still love writing by hand enough to do it at all. It's a dying art.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Aquaria

[Freddy]

MMDCCXLVI

 

Fred