Fess Up. Do You Write With Cursive Or Printing?

[Ergative]

Primarily print, but there are cursive elements to it. Sometimes my "r"s are little humps, reminiscent of the cursive "r" and I use a cursive-shaped "s" in some contexts, but not all. (Word-finally I do a cursive "s" but not word-initially. Word-medially, I couldn't say right now.) When I'm really flying I'll do cursive "t"s and "m/n"s.

[ac12]

I do both, and use them as applicable or as I feel like doing. For some stuff I do script/cursive, for others I print.

For max readability, I print. Like for labels, tags, etc.

My journal is cursive.

My working notes when I am doing stuff can be either, depends on what I feel like.

- Currently as I am building and getting my new computer setup, most of my notes are in print.

[BBU]

Born in the mid-eighties, went to elementary school in the nineties. I print, but I do connect certain letters in unconventional ways. For example, after I cross a lowercase T, the horizontal line will join the next letter more often than not. I doubt that any formally-taught hand allows that.

 

I hadn't written in cursive for almost twenty years until I learned about fountain pens and joined FPN. I hate to admit it, and on FPN of all places, but cursive handwriting will probably remain a private, recreational activity for me.

[wallylynn]

I write in print. It's easier and more legible for everyone. I practice cursive "privately": journal, doodling...

[ehemem]

Cursive or semi-cursive. Or even non-cursive. Carrying around a set of those little blocks and an ink pad for printing is just such a hassle. A pen is just so much simpler.

[KLscribbler]

A mix of both. My cursive style is based on the French Ronde, it transitions really well to or from printed writing because of its upright (not slanted) and rounded letterforms. I like how this style of cursive is very legible even to people who can't read cursive.

 

When writing at medium speed, I typically use all cursive, while slow writing is typically all in print. In seriously hurried speed writing, I tend to produce a sort of semi-cursive with about 60% joined letters.

[celesul]

I mostly write in cursive, because I can do so fairly quickly while remaining legible. If I have to truly speed, I have this connected print based scrawl that I revert too, but it's quite illegible, and acts more as a memory prompt thon something to be truly read (it's what my handwriting was before I picked up cursive again). Actually printing my letters is so tediously slow that I do so only when required.

[linearM]

Regarding your double s's I think just leaving a bit more space between your two s's would help. With the double r you go from one r to the next with what amounts to a 45° angle try a slightly curved line from one r to the next. See if that helps.

[Bookman]

[Bluey]

Always always always cursive for myself. The only times where I will print is where I have to or it's apt to do so such as on envelopes or on application forms that says "block letters only". Printing is painfully slow and disjointed.

[Nokin]

I tend to do both, sometimes even in the same sentence. It just depends how much of a hurry I'm in, or how neat I'm trying to be. Oh, and which pen I'm using.

[JordanN]

I try to use cursive when writing something I only anticipate myself reading, and print when I anticipate others will need to read it.

 

In other words, when taking notes, I use cursive; when filling out forms, I print.

Edited August 13, 2016 by JordanN

[stonezebra]

Yes I tend to do what Bluey, JordonN and others do - cursive most of the time, printing only when absolutely necessary or for a specific reason.

[Freddy]

 

Fess Up. Do You Write With Cursive Or Printing?

Fred

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[NinthSphere]

Either one, depending on what I'm doing. If it absotively posolutely needs to be legible (ie. forms, letter addresses, graded work), I print. Otherwise, I can write equally fast with either, so it's up to intended reader, mood, whatever.

[eliweisz]

Actually, sometimes I print, too:

http://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8152/28871433181_5f1039ab35_c.jpg

[inkstainedruth]

It's a mix for me. Four decades of mostly printing are hard to overcome. And I still use it for addressing envelopes and writing checks, and sometimes (when I don't catch myself) for making lists or taking notes. I *do* use some semblance of cursive when I'm doing my morning pages journal -- the quality and legibility of which varies by how tired I am from the night before and how fast I write (I've noticed that I often write *much* faster when I'm ranting about something ). And I often end up using print for "I" -- which means I have to put a foot on the number one when I don't write the word out....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dms525]

 

[eliweisz]

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Thank you for this nicely penned encouragement. I have a love/hate relationship with the pen, and still can't tame it. For consistent writing, it should be rotated nearly to twelve o'clock. Blame my hand, not the nib.

[ksm]