What's Normal? - Do you write in cursive or print? (1 Viewer)

[Keerock]

Do you write in cursive or print?

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[Keerock]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

 

[Snoopy]

I was always downgraded for penmanship when forced to write in cursive in school. Went back to printing when I could.

 

[Doug B]

Not sure how to answer.

Learned ordinary American cursive in elementary school. Used that up until around high school when I started developing a personal script devolved from 2nd-grade cursive. Letters were sometimes disconnected, sometimes not. Some angles intruded where smooth curves used to reign. Elements of print lettering crept back in, but never took over completely. Note-taking in college locked in this hybrid style of writing.

I rarely handwrite anything at length any more, but when I do ... that hybrid script is what I use. I left the poll unanswered for now.

 

[The General]

Kind of a mix. Mostly print though.

 

[brun]

No emoji option?

 

[Zow]

Kind of a mix. Mostly print though.

I had to think of this one since I write so absent-mindedly. Upon review of my various work notepads, it's definitely a mix but the majority is print versus cursive.

 

[belljr]

are we talkking about jotting down some notes here?

I don't recall the last time I actually hand wrote something other than some form for the doctor or something

 

[The General]

Kind of a mix. Mostly print though.

I had to think of this one since I write so absent-mindedly. Upon review of my various work notepads, it's definitely a mix but the majority is print versus cursive.

Like you and others mentioned I write so little now I find that it’s first, really sloppy and is a mess in general. Second, I literally skip letters and/or mush stuff all together as I’m just so used to typing or on a phone.

 

[FatMax]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Did you ever do manual drafting? All of the old engineers and drafters I have met write in the same way.

 

[Keerock]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Did you ever do manual drafting? All of the old engineers and drafters I have met write in the same way.

I definitely did in HS. Loved it. Never did it again

 

[Mister CIA]

Pidgin.

 

[Brony]

I was always downgraded for penmanship when forced to write in cursive in school. Went back to printing when I could.

my experience exactly. Grade school tried to scare me that High School teachers would demand cursive. No they didn't.

 

[Dezbelief]

If I want others to easily read something, I print. If I'm making notes for my eyes only, I scribble.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Print
My writing is awful though, even as a kid I remember getting D’s and E’s in handwriting

In high school I had a teacher tell me my writing was so hard to read that if I wanted I could do print instead of cursive…I said that is print and he just shook his head

 

[HellToupee]

I’m left handed and went to parochial school so cursive is strictly for my signature

 

[Gally]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Did you ever do manual drafting? All of the old engineers and drafters I have met write in the same way.

This is me. I only print. Haven't written in cursive since they made me in school (I think elementary school was the last time I had to). I have done it a few times showing my kids that I could but not for anything but proof.

Printing in all caps. That's all I do.

 

[nirad3]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Yup, printing in all caps. My time in the architecture field cemented thta.

 

[FatMax]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Did you ever do manual drafting? All of the old engineers and drafters I have met write in the same way.

This is me. I only print. Haven't written in cursive since they made me in school (I think elementary school was the last time I had to). I have done it a few times showing my kids that I could but not for anything but proof.

Printing in all caps. That's all I do.

It's pretty easy to spot someone with a manual drafting background. All Caps, very neat. When I was getting into the gig, AutoCAD had been released, and thus learned drafting on a computer vs. a sheet of paper. So I still use lowercase in handwriting (NEVER in drafting). If I were five years older, I'd probably be an all caps guy as well.

 

[nirad3]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Did you ever do manual drafting? All of the old engineers and drafters I have met write in the same way.

This is me. I only print. Haven't written in cursive since they made me in school (I think elementary school was the last time I had to). I have done it a few times showing my kids that I could but not for anything but proof.

Printing in all caps. That's all I do.

It's pretty easy to spot someone with a manual drafting background. All Caps, very neat. When I was getting into the gig, AutoCAD had been released, and thus learned drafting on a computer vs. a sheet of paper. So I still use lowercase in handwriting (NEVER in drafting). If I were five years older, I'd probably be an all caps guy as well.

I never drafted, I was just the permits guy. But I did do site visits where I had to sketch the site plan and just being around those that wrote that way, I just picked it up.

I must add, though, that sometimes I kinda scribble without all caps. I'd say 80-90% of the time it's all caps.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I’m old enough to know cursive and wrote with it through HS. In college I started taking notes in print and have stuck with it since.

 

[Sand]

I never made honor roll through 6th grade or so due to my penmanship grade.

I print and even that sucks. But, hey, I'm a rocket scientist, so those old teachers can bite me.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Print all caps. Can be very neat if need be. I rarely hand write anything these days.

 

[titusbramble]

Cursive, although in the rare occasions where I actually have to write anything, it's usually something technical where printing makes more sense

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I’m left handed and went to parochial school so cursive is strictly for my signature

Those nuns can be so cruel

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I have never written in cursive except when I was forced to in Elementary/Middle School. All caps too... no lower case letters. My dad had impeccable printing and I followed suit. Not nearly as perfect as his, but still very neat.

Yup, printing in all caps. My time in the architecture field cemented thta.

You know I always wanted to pretend I was an architect.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

What does chicken scratch count as?

 

[-OZ-]

The great thing about bad handwriting in cursive is it becomes a secret code.

The bad thing is not being able to decipher my own code.

 

[-OZ-]

I never made honor roll through 6th grade or so due to my penmanship grade.

I print and even that sucks. But, hey, I'm a rocket scientist, so those old teachers can bite me.

my only failing grade ever was cursive in 4th grade.
They teach it in 3rd grade. Guess who skipped 3rd grade?

 

[dkp993]

Is this a trick question? Cuz my printing is so bad it looks cursive.

 

[Kal El]

I learned cursive, but I stopped using it sometime in high school. Both my styles of writing are pretty terrible anyway

 

[massraider]

Block letters, like I am ten years old.

But we really don't need penmanship anymore, so all my guilt has long been replaced by vindication. Suck it, 5th grade teachers, you were wrong, I was right, this is a waste of time.

 

[UncleZen]

I use a hybrid style as well, some print, some cursive and my writing is barely readable. Who has time to write neat?

 

[Ilov80s]

Can't really answer, it's a hybrid.

 

[Murph]

Another hybrid. But if I'm writing fast enough its not really even letters, English, or any other language at that point.

 

[hagmania]

I have very neat handwriting. Write in cards using cursive, the rest is a highly stylized print.

I will use cursive when I get bored and I'm just looking for something to occupy me. But then again, it might be upside-down or written backwards (or both!).

Sometimes I will try out a new "font" as well. mrs. hags once found a page of notes that were written in 10-12 different styles of writing and called me a psychopath.

 

[Keerock]

I have very neat handwriting. Write in cards using cursive, the rest is a highly stylized print.

I will use cursive when I get bored and I'm just looking for something to occupy me. But then again, it might be upside-down or written backwards (or both!).

Sometimes I will try out a new "font" as well. mrs. hags once found a page of notes that were written in 10-12 different styles of writing and called me a psychopath.

I might agree with her, but I'm also jealous.

 

[Dwayne Hoover]

Print is much more elegant for those that have good penmanship. Its the way it should be displayed.

That being said, cursive does have its shortcuts, which is surprising that it didn't get more widely adopted beyond grade school.

 

[Keerock]

Print is much more elegant for those that have good penmanship. Its the way it should be displayed.

That being said, cursive does have its shortcuts, which is surprising that it didn't get more widely adopted beyond grade school.

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