What does your handwriting look like?

[enigma]

I think there is something wrong with me. I just cannot read other people's handwriting... especially if it is in cursive. I just cannot make it out. Today, I've had to type up some handwritten notes for a project at work and I have been struggling all day to read what they've written!

I know I've been criticized at work for not having the most clear handwriting (I mostly print), but I think my boss's cursive is nearly illegible!

So that got me thinking... does anyone in their QLC actually use cursive? In my opinion, more people our age print than use cursive. When I write in cursive, my writing still looks like it did in second grade when I learned to write cursive.

[and1grad]

I print. Sometimes I actually print in all capital letters which is really easy to read but slows you down writing.

[SpaceMonkey]

I print, but it's often unreadable. I tend to write very small. I always felt at a huge disadvantage in college during handwritten essay-based final exams ("blue book exams") compared to the people who could write quickly and legibly at the same time. I'm convinced it was the primary reason why I never seemed to get above a B+ on a blue book exam, even when I had the material down cold.

My mom's whole family has this really unreadable cursive with a lot of identical-looking loops, so it's way too difficult to tell one letter from the next.

[coll214]

i'm a combo of cursive and print; most ppl say my handwriting is atrocious. And it's only gotten worse as I don't write all that much out anymore. It's taken for five years for most ppl at work to get a handle on my writing :rolleyes:. One of my old bosses actually joked to the new ones, just don't ask her to write anything out. LOL. But they say bad handwriting is a sign of intelligence :huge:.

[KeepRockin]

My handwriting depends on what I'm writing. I just wrote out a million job application forms- obviously going with neat print (which I've been told could double as a Word font). I love my signature- I've practiced that for years to perfect it. Everyday writing is "prisive"...neat and flow-y.

[StateNAurora]

Because I write so little these days it's actually hard for me to write something others can read. It's also not as fluid as it once was. Handwriting is somewhat of a lost art form. People use to pride themselves on writing neatly. I would have been a straight A student if it hadn't been for penmanship.

Someone mentioned an article where speaking is becoming much less formal. Certainly you speak differently in differing situations. Apparently though younger people have two modes of speech. Informal with swearing and informal without swearing, neither being acceptable in professional relationships. I notice when talking to students on the phone they don't know how to carry on a formal conversation while setting up an appointment. They say things that don't or they'll be waiting for you to say more, when in fact they should be saying something. The article says it's partially due to Iming and texting.

[Illuminous]

my notes look like they're in another language. That'll help if i ever get called into court to testify on anything. ha.

[wordsmith]

I have outstanding handwriting. I used to do calligraphy, so my cursive script is very neat and artistically done.

BUT...due to the past few years of reporting, my note-taking handwriting has really turned to crap. Writing fast like you do when you're covering something has made it a real scrawl. But when I'm taking my time, it's still nice.

[ugarachel82]

I can be really neat when I need to be, but I can be really messy if I'm just writing for me. Mostly though, I write in whatever combination of print and cursive is the quickest. I like that concept of not picking your pen up in cursive, so I somehow apply that to print letters so that I have connected print. :googly:

[SmilesSoSweet]

I print. Sometimes I actually print in all capital letters which is really easy to read but slows you down writing.

I usually write in all CAPs only because we do a lot of hand graphics in my industry. I've actually learned to write in all caps really fast, and it's still neat. But I think that came with a lot of practice while in school learning how to letter nicely in drafting classes. :)

[tina1979]

my handwriting is a combo 99% of the time. but i can be neat in cursice or print if I need to be.

I've started combo when I realized how retarded it was for n to have one hump in print and two in cursive and for an m to have to in print, but three in cursive. seriously...wtf is that? and the z? looks like a floppy cursive n with a tail. blah!

[Kitty]

I print. I never learned cursive..I faked my way through it because I hated it so much. We were only forced to use it in school for 1/2 a year. I write big and bubble-y looking.

[dengeist]

I print, though I can write very well in cursive. I went to a vocational high school and learned many different styles of print, so it stuck with me.

[Rusalka]

I had to learn Russian cursive for 4 years while i was studying the language. Still can't do it very well, the letters go all over the place as i get really carried away scribbling !

In general tho i like my handwriting, it's quite unusual, and even distinctive-looking I think. In fact I've often been complimented on my 'neat', 'arty' writing. :)

i find other ppl's writing style fascinating. at my friends' wedding this weekend i spent a long time reading what other guests had put in the guest book, just to see what their handwriting looked like.

In the UK i don't think much emphasis is put on cursive any more. Hardly anyone really does it, unless they're over 60 or studied abroad or something.

[PenforPrez]

My handwriting has always been chicken scratch. When I was in school, my teachers could never read it. I've gotten a lot better since college, but it's still not a thing of beauty. I've always had poor motor skills.

Handwriting was more a problem for me when I took up Russian. Cyrillic letters are interesting to write, and I've had trouble with certain letters in writing them. When a Russian instructor can't read your Russian writing, that's not good.

Paul

[LakeJay]

I write in cursive for the most part. It flows quicker for me. I've received compliments on it which is nice to hear. I did get into printing in capital letters though when I took engineering drawing in high school so that comes out every now and then.

What's crazy is that my parents used to criticize my penmanship and have me work on it during the summer when I was in grammar school. I always thought that was weird.

[steph78]

I usually write in all CAPs only because we do a lot of hand graphics in my industry. I've actually learned to write in all caps really fast, and it's still neat. But I think that came with a lot of practice while in school learning how to letter nicely in drafting classes. :)
Same here - I spend a large chunk of my day either drawing little structural connection details by hand that get sent straight to the contractor (and all text labels therefore must be legible or else it gets built wrong!), or drawing and writing all over plans/details which will be drawn in AutoCAD by someone else. By necessity, I have learned to write very quickly and neatly in all caps. But because I spend so much time writing this way, I have totally lost my ability to write in cursive beyond signing my name to something. My handwritten letters to people are usually printed (using lowercase letters instead of all caps).

[yankeeyosh]

99% of the time, I write in print...very rarely in script. I have had an awkward grip to my pencil my whole life (I even had to do the "training pencil" thing in third grade, which didn't work)...I basically form a fist with the pencil in the middle, and write like that. People definitely notice the grip...but my writing is fairly legible.

My signature, obviously, I write in script, but it has radically changed. Up until college, it was very neat, and all the letters were legible. Since then, it has transformed, and now, it's basically my first and last initials, with a line running through them.