[caladanbrood]

Cur... what?

I write in a combination of both... it's fairly illegible most of the time too, especially if I have to write anything quickly.

[RodeoRanch]

Print. They never really taught us cursive,

[Slow Ben]

I'm kinda surprised that so many on here have the same handwriting. Unholy union that is barely legible.

If i'm trying to write neat, it takes FOREVER.

This post has been edited by Slow Ben: 25 June 2009 - 09:10 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

I was making threads at 5 in the morning? Somebody was excited to be back and awfully drunk. I won't name names.

[stone monkey]

Slow Ben, on Jun 25 2009, 10:10 PM, said:

I'm kinda surprised that so many on here have the same handwriting...

I'm not.

I too have the Unholy Union of Illegibility. If I'm in a hurry when I write something there are occasions when I can't even read it myself, despite knowing what it says. When i was a child my teachers were always appalled at my handwriting. They said that when they could puzzle out what it said my work was usually very good...

My writing gets a bit loopy in the tailed letters when I'm feeling flamboyant and looks somewhat like a much scrappier version of my mother's handwriting. I once knew someone who thought I had beautiful writing, or so she said; had she not been my boss at the time I would have voiced my doubts about her sanity.

I've tended to notice that women have much neater handwriting than men, in the main. There are exceptions to this rule; I know a lady whose writing looks like that of a 4 year old with palsy (the first time I saw her writing I actually asked, rather loudly "Who the fuck wrote this?" Unaware that she was sitting next to me...) whereas my best mate has the most freakishly neat writing I've ever seen a male human being use.

[Giles]

Yeah mine is probably joined mostly with certain bits nto, although i have maybe 4 different styles i switch between if im bored. I reckon everyone has the mix because people are taught to use cursive then realsie that certain letters are harder to join up so just stop doing it.

[HoosierDaddy]

A clarification as to why I had to write cursive for the GRE: It was for the signed confidentiality agreement, and is common for tests like this. The LSAT required one as well.

[Urb]

Print. I am a machine. With ugly handwriting.

[Aptorian]

I write in letters in Verdana and they look exactly like the words on this screen.

[Vicodin&FantasyBooks]

My last girlfriend actually helped me improve my handwriting.

She made me do some dictation and taught me how to write every letter seperately so it's legible.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

I'm not even sure I know how to write every letter of the alphabet in cursive. I haven't had to use it since 2nd grade (since I was 7).

That said, I'm borderline illegible 99% of the time. But then, like today while I was taking some notes between doodles, sometimes is comes out jaw-droppingly correct and uniform. But, alas, still in PRINT.

On an average day, I'm tempted to just drop lower-case letters entirely...

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy: 27 June 2009 - 06:22 AM

[Fist Gamet]

teholbeddict, on Jun 25 2009, 02:23 PM, said:

For every day use, I've got a combo going, however it's not illegible like many of the other people who have chosen combo. I actually get compliments on my handwriting quite often.

When writing up prescriptions and charts at work though I use cursive, and that is illegible to most people. But hey I'm a doctor, our handwriting is supposed to be terrible!

Yes, it is, and with every step up the ladder it gets worse. I never have a problem reading an SHO's handwriting, but a Consultant...forget about it.

Traumatised by a primary school teacher who believed us lefties should write the same way as the righties, I ended up writing in print. She used to make me sit out by her table on my own to MAKE me right properly! Damn, I was just a kid! As a result, I just cannot write in cursive, and I can print (small case) faster than most.