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what is your opinion on cursive writing (feel free to change your vote if somebody makes a convincing argument in this thread)

its horrible its never exusable
- 44 (41.9%)
it has its uses but sometimes print is better
- 56 (53.3%)
all writing should be cursive
- 5 (4.8%)

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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #75 on: July 24, 2014, 05:23:21 am »

I feel some people write in cursive because so few people actually write exclusively in cursive and so they feel its the most original and proper way to write.
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #76 on: July 24, 2014, 06:51:53 am »

Spoiler: true print (click to show/hide)

Excuse the low quality photo.
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #77 on: July 24, 2014, 07:05:01 am »

Print is only faster if you're not used to cursive/care about legibility. Otherwise, as I've mentioned, you keep wasting time raising/lowering your pen between letters.
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2014, 07:11:17 am »

Print is only faster if you're not used to cursive/care about legibility. Otherwise, as I've mentioned, you keep wasting time raising/lowering your pen between letters.

my letters are always so squashed together thats not really a concern also it means i can make minor adjustments to things well it does cause problems with me putting tiny spaces between words now
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2014, 10:42:40 am »

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« Last Edit: January 01, 2018, 03:44:20 pm by Vector »
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #80 on: July 24, 2014, 12:35:05 pm »

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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #81 on: July 24, 2014, 01:25:10 pm »

I can't write in print, it automatically becomes something like Vector's handwriting.
Except my letters do end up more... straight I guess.

Also, that's an interesting cursive p. I was taught to write the upper part as an inverted u n.
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« Reply #82 on: July 24, 2014, 01:55:45 pm »

I can't write in print, it automatically becomes something like Vector's handwriting.
Except my letters do end up more... straight I guess.

Also, that's an interesting cursive p. I was taught to write the upper part as an inverted u n.
Huh. So, kind of like an 'o'?
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #83 on: July 24, 2014, 02:01:07 pm »

Nah, like this:
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(couldn't find a less flowery version :P)
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #84 on: July 24, 2014, 02:01:59 pm »

Nah, like this:
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(couldn't find a less flowery version :P)
Couldn't you... you know... just write it?
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #85 on: July 24, 2014, 02:09:20 pm »

writing, taking a picture, and uploading it takes more time than googling it :P
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #86 on: July 24, 2014, 02:20:08 pm »

My writing tends to be so quick that I kinda do my own version of cursive to save time. Often, I'll hardly take my pen or pencil off the paper to move to the next letter.
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #87 on: July 24, 2014, 02:47:10 pm »

My writing is a mix of joins and spaces depending on the letters.

It looks awful.

I wouldn't have it any other way :P
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #88 on: July 24, 2014, 03:01:59 pm »

I'm in a sharing mood:

First is my normal handwriting, next to my rushed scribble:

Spoiler: My two extremes (click to show/hide)

I can do tidier and printier than that, but not usually for long before I forget myself and slip into my normal handwriting.  And the rushed scribble isn't quite a 100% likeness as it wasn't under natural conditions, but close enough.

And this is just some random notes to myself - not rushed, but also not taking any sort of care for others reading it:



I also tried doing some actual proper cursive and it turns out I've forgotten how - I kept tripping over myself and screwing up words completely whenever I got to a letter I don't naturally 'join up'. 
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Re: cursive writing
« Reply #89 on: July 24, 2014, 03:14:16 pm »

When I was in primary school in England, I was taught the both print and joined-up writing (what I called cursive, the english version is slightly different so I use different names), and I used joined up as my default method of writing.

I then moved country, which involved going to an american school, entering into grade 1. My teacher at the time saw that I was't writing in print, and after determining that cursive wasn't meant to be covered in the american curriculum until grade 3 insisted that I cease using joined-up writing and use print instead. It wasn't until third grade that I was allowed to write in anything other than print.

Nowadays, I write in low-quality print.
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