Cursive

[Fluttershutter 2,505]

Do you use cursive at all besides occasionally signing your name?

I was thinking the other day I've pretty much forgotten how to make a lot of the capitals the way I learned in school so I looked it up. I'm guessing cursive is on the way out.

[Ittoni 538]

I don't use it aside from signing. I guess writing in general might be on its way out. I haven't written anything substantial in a long time in general. It's actually sad.

Edited October 11, 2020 by Ittoni

[ExplosionMare 18,079]

I have written my name in cursive so much that I use it even if I’m just putting my name on a non-document paper. It’s a lot more fun that always printing my name.

[Cagey 4,248]

I don’t use cursive as much as I just scribble without taking my pen off the paper. Close enough. 

[O-78 28,607]

I never use cursive apart from signing. I don't really remember how to write any cursive letters other than the ones in my name.

[Early Sunsets 2,107]

I really only use it for my signature. Other than some of the capital letters I can still write and read cursive, but honestly it seems kind of pointless.

[SharpWit 2,699]

I only remember enough to write my name but I never learned how to do it quickly so I technically still sign in print. I just do it so fast while hardly lifting the pen off of the paper that it looks kind of cursive, and I make tall letters just a bit taller for added flair. My school began and ceased teaching me or anyone after during the 3rd grade. My handwriting has been influenced by my mother's which is also this half cursive type of text but only when I get a flow going.

Currently I'm working with a good number of people who are about 25 years older than me on average maybe? And not only do they write everything in cursive but my boss actually took a calligraphy course so his is super consistent and fancy looking. I can usually read it fine but I have to admit I struggle sometimes.

[EpicEnergy 23,223]

I use it frequently, even when I'm not signing.

[Savy 5,086]

I literally never use cursive besides whenever I sign my name. lol 

[Splashee 28,566]

Cursive? You mean CAPITAL?!!1

 

I thought you used that only if you were an internet troll, along with the !!1!1

[Brony Number 42 10,070]

7 minutes ago, Splashee® said:

Cursive? You mean CAPITAL?!!1

No, cursive is how people wrote with quill style pens. When you don't lift the pen off the page when writing a word, so the letters are connected together. It is so hard to read.

[Splashee 28,566]

20 minutes ago, SpookyBrony42 said:

No, cursive is how people wrote with quill style pens. When you don't lift the pen off the page when writing a word, so the letters are connected together. It is so hard to read.

Oh I know.

 

I forgot about that word because I have been using Italic too much. Also, I so use the word script for that kind of writing style. But of course I remember Cursive from school

[The Kaeya Simp 13,989]

I cant write or understand calligraphy at all

[Muffinnz 3,219]

Im really slow at cursive

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I know I learned cursive in 4th grade and my teacher told me in Middle and High school that it would be required to write in cursive. That was a lie. So I only use cursive to sign my name.

[Fluttershutter 2,505]

On 10/13/2020 at 1:40 PM, SpookyBrony42 said:

No, cursive is how people wrote with quill style pens. When you don't lift the pen off the page when writing a word, so the letters are connected together. It is so hard to read.

The main reason is that it's faster to jot things down without lifting the pen.

[Narcissus 355]

Cursive is a beautiful writing form and shouldn't be abandoned. It's actually quicker than printing and I imagine that's what it's original purpose was. It's unfortunate that it seems so underused now, and I hope it continues to endure despite it's decreasing use. I use it as much as printing, about 50/50. 

[Vefka 1,499]

I'm surprised no one uses cursive in English

I only use cursive, I can't remember the last time I printed (actually I can't remember anyone printing).

Edited October 15, 2020 by Vefka

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

I mostly write by typing, so I don't really write a lot but when I do I typically do write in cursive both signature and in general. So yeah, I only write in cursive when I think about it that is.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,349]

I don’t use it apart from signing either. I think I still remember how to write all the fancy letters  

[KatonRyu 1,033]

I don't really use it in signing either. My signature has devolved into a scrawl that not even I can put down consistently. I'm glad digital signatures are becoming a thing more and more. My handwriting is abysmal no matter what kind of writing I use, so while I can still more or less write the cursive I learned in school, I generally don't bother.

[Cirrus. 1,090]

I don't use it except for my signature, but I still can write in it no problem. I even still remember all the capital letters.

[Widdershins 9,960]

Oh neat, i'm in the minority!

 Yeah, i'm going to be the one opposite case again! I've actually gotten stuck in only doing Cursive and nearly completely forgotten how to do PRINT! Like, the only time I use Print form is when specifically required to do so for forms and i'm just tight-gripping the pen in my mitt like somebeing stabbed it through my pseudopod (because a hand is like a False Foot, of course*) and i'm using it like a chisel to carve into wood. Considering how hard i've been known to press down while writing, that's likely.

 I was durn-burn hardwired that Cursive fancy letterin' raght inta me! It feels so unnatural and painful to NOT flow the letters into each other! I ONLY do Cursive! And with pencils too, because pens are crummy devices that break after two uses. Or because i'm concetrated bad luck and have yet to use any complicated device without emitting black, cursed smoke from it.

 

 

*Much in the same way a foot is like a false hand... ...what? Don't @  me on my logic, bro.

[Dreambiscuit 10,025]

I love cursive writing. It looks so elegant and graceful. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s slowly disappearing from the world. Like so many artistic things it’s being replaced by the simple, inarticulate and mechanical. Cursive is easier to write than printing, but I don't think it's taught as widely as it once was. A loss.

[Fluttershutter 2,505]

1 hour ago, Dreambiscuit said:

I love cursive writing. It looks so elegant and graceful.

When it's legible, sure. Mine sure isn't