Cursive

[Oyoy]

Do you right or read cursive?
I do and can.

 

[Arrow]

i used to all the time but now it's sort of a combination of cursive and printing

 

[Lethe]

I do, it's my primary method of writing. I grew up in a Christian school and they were very old-fashioned.

 

[HelensNepenthe]

I never learned it. I can read cursive. Some scripts (?) are harder to read than others.

 

[FusRohDracarys]

I can, but I have transcended both cursive and print into what is formally known as "chicken scratch."

 

[Epsilon0]

My grandmother taught me calligraphy. It's a dying art, but oh so wonderful. I hardly ever write cursive nowadays, unless I send birthday cards or write a message for special occasions. My favourite big letters were always the B and the K. You can do so much with them.


As far as reading cursive goes, that depends on the quality of the manuscript and the period from which it comes. I can read modern calligraphy - 20th century and onwards, but 19th century and earlier is very difficult, unless the handwriting is legible.

 

[pete_x]

If i could keep my hand from spazzzzing i would still use cursive, it's pretty. Calligraphy was neat too.

 

[Brick In The Wall]

I write left handed cursive. It's sad that alot of schools don't even teach cursive anymore.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

My maths teacher made me do writing lessons, my cursive was so bad! It's cuz we weren't taught it at primary school, so when my note taking speeded up and joined together naturally, it became illegible to others. Now I don't use cursive anymore, I print like I was back at primary school.

 

[Lorntroubles]

Both, although I write at a snail's pace with cursive.

 

[FriendofDeath]

Yes, I can read cursive and I can write it backward and forward fluently.

 

[AnxietyAttack44]

Yes and yes

 

[Shakespear's Brother]

Can read and write it.

In school, as soon as it was allowed (~6th grade, US), I resumed block printing as I received consistent feedback that my cursive was often illegible

 

[Broken Chimera]

I can read and write it. But my handwriting sucks.