From my generation forward, with the advent of texting and email and such, people have virtually forgotten how to handwrite. It's a lost art.
There's [URL="http://theoatmeal.com/blog/handwriting"]a comic by The Oatmeal[/URL] that basically sums it up perfectly.
I had to handwrite something a few weeks ago, and got comments about my terrible handwriting. So I figured I'd work on it, and have been for the past three days or so. Here's what I have.
Wanna join in? Grab your lined paper [URL="http://assets.freeprintable.com/images/item/original/cornell-lined-paper.jpg"]here.[/URL]
Day 1
[T]http://i.imgur.com/sxhAR.jpg[/T]
Day 2
[T]http://i.imgur.com/z13vd.jpg[/T]
Day 3
[T]http://i.imgur.com/Pvqn7.jpg[/T]
My handwriting looks like that of a eleven year old child.
[QUOTE=Blue Meanie;38954250]My handwriting looks like that of a eleven year old child.[/QUOTE]
Grab your paper and join in! I [B][I]drew[/I][/B] my inspiration from Kufic script.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/vx9xb.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Irkalla;38954045]From my generation forward, with the advent of texting and email and such, people have virtually forgotten how to handwrite. It's a lost art.
There's [URL="http://theoatmeal.com/blog/handwriting"]a comic by The Oatmeal[/URL] that basically sums it up perfectly.
I had to handwrite something a few weeks ago, and got comments about my terrible handwriting. So I figured I'd work on it, and have been for the past three days or so. Here's what I have.
Wanna join in? Grab your lined paper [URL="http://assets.freeprintable.com/images/item/original/cornell-lined-paper.jpg"]here.[/URL]
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Wow, your day 3 final paper is sweet. Wish i could write like that.
[QUOTE=Scientist2;38954308]Wow, your day 3 final paper is sweet. Wish i could write like that.[/QUOTE]
Not even, I have the worst handwriting in my family. To me, their handwriting is illegible though.
My grandmother can write this strange logographic English... it's strange.
All of your examples are annoying to read. You have way too many / looking marks.
[QUOTE=Bletotum;38954414]All of your examples are annoying to read. You have way too many / looking marks.[/QUOTE]
j, f, r, z, y, g, and q. q is denoted by a crossed /, f is denoted by a wide curving short /, j is sort of like a backwards f.
As for r, z, y, and g... It's all about context.
EDIT: Oh, forgot about my long s over normal s ligature.
When I actually try to write neatly I get something looking like the second example in the comic. I don't write script, otherwise I might be able to do better
they all look illegible to me
My handwriting is quick, sharp, and sloppy, but a lot of people like it and everyone can read it.
well, too bad i fucked my wrist and cant hand write even if i tried anymore
I often find there is a difference between handwriting that looks nice and handwriting that is legible.
Some cursive handwriting just isn't practical.
I still prefer to write out all my notes in classes as opposed to typing. I can type significantly faster than i write but writing it helps commit it to memory more so than typing. I can still write in cursive for the most part as well. My current style of writing is a hybrid of cursive and print, a lot of letters will still have a flourish on them and i write quickly enough that i don't pick up my pen/pencil so the letters are close and you can often see streaks from the pen.
Also i have this odd habit of arbitrarily writing capital letters in the middle of words and sentences. Some letters i ALWAYS capitalize like "e". I also forcibly capitalize my "y"'s otherwise they look identical to "x"'s and in math that can reaaaaaaaaally fuck you up.
Mine is sorta like a lost dialogue which only the best interpreters and read.
(A.K.A Teachers who bothered to give a fuck)
[QUOTE=mysteryman;38954536]I still prefer to write out all my notes in classes as opposed to typing. I can type significantly faster than i write but writing it helps commit it to memory more so than typing. I can still write in cursive for the most part as well. My current style of writing is a hybrid of cursive and print, a lot of letters will still have a flourish on them and i write quickly enough that i don't pick up my pen/pencil so the letters are close and you can often see streaks from the pen.
Also i have this odd habit of arbitrarily writing capital letters in the middle of words and sentences. Some letters i ALWAYS capitalize like "e". I also forcibly capitalize my "y"'s otherwise they look identical to "x"'s and in math that can reaaaaaaaaally fuck you up.[/QUOTE]
I think this happens to a lot of people who were taught cursive when they were younger and they slowly develop their own writing style.
Am I the only one who never forgot and continually used cursive? I'm in university and I've been using it to write out notes and such since elementary.
I hate it when people write in cursive because unless the person it perfect at writing cursive I won't be able to read it correctly.
Felt like comparing my mechanical pencil to the sharpie pen. note the different t's for starting and ending a word, and the fact that my 'g' is occasionally just really a s drawn lower
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VAQpN.jpg[/t]
[editline]24th December 2012[/editline]
sharpie pen is the bottom set of text
mechanical (.5mm) is the top
I also have some kind of weird hybrid of cursive and print. Funnily enough I used to get awards for my penmanship up until I was taught cursive and now the only person that can read it is me and skilled English teachers. I also like to merge a lot of letters, mostly my e's though. For example "The" will look like "Th" and "jumped" will look like "jumpd" to nearly everyone, but they have a certain curve to them that translate to an e in my mind.
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;38957457]Felt like comparing my mechanical pencil to the sharpie pen. note the different t's for starting and ending a word, and the fact that my 'g' is occasionally just really a s drawn lower
[t]http://i.imgur.com/VAQpN.jpg[/t]
[editline]24th December 2012[/editline]
sharpie pen is the bottom set of text
mechanical (.5mm) is the top[/QUOTE]
your g's look like a messed up lowercase y
I haven't stopped handwriting, when I try to write in printed text it looks dirt.
Serial killer handwriting is pretty nice
I have developed some weird handwriting style where my peers can't read it but my teachers can. It's like an anti cheat mechanism.
I felt terrible when I had to sign like 200 christmas cards to different companies at work and my signature looked like a 10-year-olds compared to the beatiful signatures of my co-workers. Maybe I should start training too. :v:
I used to have reasonable handwriting when I was 6-7, but ever since then it's been completely illegible (even to me) no matter what schools threw at me. Being on corticosteroids that are giving me hand tremors isn't helping much right now either
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1164025/writing.png[/img]
Maybe I should become a doctor.
Is there some sort of guide that I'm missing in the OP? I can slow down and write legibly, but I'm sacrificing speed. Even if I try to write my letters differently or change the style in which I write, I can't undo years of muscle memory.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9rTwB.jpg[/IMG]
I usually write in caps with a mix of lowercase letters to keep the flow of speed consistent.
I haven't written in cursive in years and still don't understand how the cursive z looks like a z at all.
My language doesn't allow me to write clearly...
[QUOTE=titopei;38958292]I have developed some weird handwriting style where my peers can't read it but my teachers can. It's like an anti cheat mechanism.[/QUOTE]
Oddly enough, when I write in japanese it's a lot neater than my english.
[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YCfPa.png[/thumb]
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