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post #1 of 30
6/6/11 at 9:42am
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I noticed in December that I can't write legible Christmas cards any more, and nobody but me can read my grocery lists! I've never had a great handwriting, I've always ended up printing really fast, but since I use my laptop (and printer) for almost everything I write now, my handwriting is terrible!

Use it or lose it, I guess... anybody else notice this problem?
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post #2 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:14am
Definitely! I started printing everything when I began teaching in Germany in the early eighties, since cursive is a bit different here. Between that and doing most things on my computer, my handwriting has become almost illegible.
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post #3 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:23am
I've been trying to write thank you notes this morning and am having a terrible time writing legibly. I guess not writing more than a grocery list or random notes takes its toll.
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post #4 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:32am
I used to have really nice handwriting, but once I started typing everything instead of writing, it all went downhill. My handwriting is legible, but I certainly wouldn't call it good.
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post #5 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:36am
My handwriting is still legible but it isn't pretty anymore. I went through school at the end of practicing handwriting to get it right. I used to have pretty handwriting but not anymore. Often the only handwriting I do is to write one check a month, I pay everything else online.
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post #6 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:48am
My handwriting has always ranged back and forth from deplorable to illegible to who let the chickens play in the inkwell then run across the paper. I have a good excues thouhg - I went to school in the days of leftie quotas and preferably no lefties; finally learnt that lesson when I broke my left arm.
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post #7 of 30
6/6/11 at 10:50am
The way I write, my printing isn't all that much different from my cursive. I tend to connect most letters, and I don't do fancy loops and stuff. I don't think it's gotten worse since using a computer daily, but I have noticed since I started school again after a 9 year break that writing notes in class for an hour or 2 hurts! My hands/wrists get sore easily.
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post #8 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:07am
I print in all caps, so it's legible but not pretty. Probably looks like a first-grader wrote it . I never have written in cursive. . .I learned how but always found it awkward and sloppy.
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post #9 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:15am
I guess I'm the only journal-keeper/OCD about my handwriting! I keep a journal and hand-write it because it helps me slow down and organize. So my handwriting is definitely above average, especially my script.

I practiced my signature for years and years and years - and I get "wow"s almost every time I sign a receipt It's one of the reasons I won't be changing my name if I get married!
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post #10 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:26am
My handwriting isn't bad when I slow down and pay attention to what I'm writing. In fact, I still get the occasional compliment on it. But under normal circumstances, the most that can be said for it is that it's mostly legible. I suppose it doesn't hurt that for a good number of years one of my hobbies was calligraphy, so that kept a certain discipline in my writing, but it's a good number of years since I did any calligraphy, that it's not what it used to be.
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post #11 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:49am
My handwriting has always been terrible. My printing is a little better but not great.
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post #12 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:52am
I like to write by hand.
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post #13 of 30
6/6/11 at 12:22pm
Mine is atrocious!! Unless I go really slow or just do one word at a time (like a grocery list, those are ok). It's never been good; but it's really bad.
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post #14 of 30
6/6/11 at 12:52pm
My handwriting has always been good and continues to be. I often get compliments on my handwriting and was always asked by the HR department to hand-write the Christmas cards for the employees for the bonuses.
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post #15 of 30
6/6/11 at 2:05pm
Yep, my writing has deteriorated over the years. Not only because of technology, but because of my job. Having to write a great deal at work for patient charting, means you have to step up the pace or be there till all hours after your shift charting on what you should have gotten done during.

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Originally Posted by rapunzel47 View Post
My handwriting isn't bad when I slow down and pay attention to what I'm writing. In fact, I still get the occasional compliment on it. But under normal circumstances, the most that can be said for it is that it's mostly legible.
Same here. I'm ashamed to admit that a few hours after the fact, that I frequently can't read what I've written, and have been known to ask someone what they think something says!
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post #16 of 30
6/6/11 at 3:27pm
My printing is OK, I guess...but cursive? No way! It looks like it did when I was first learning it in the 3rd grade and I tend to leave most letters unconnected.
I went through the printing in all caps phase but it got sloppy after using the computer for a while.

I really do wish I could do the really nice cursive writing though. I always admired people with lovely penmanship.
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post #17 of 30
6/6/11 at 3:46pm
My Windows 7 operating system says that my handwriting is perfect, as it transcribes it properly 99% of the time on my tablet.

I went paperless long ago, and don't even have a pen in the house anymore. Just big markers for boxes and the like.

The few times I have to send a letter old-school style, I have printed stickers w/ my return address, and prefer to use my label maker for the send address. That way you can be sure the auto-sort mail system can route your mail the quickest without any problems.
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post #18 of 30
6/6/11 at 3:57pm
I love my handwriting that is when i can be bothered to write properly I like my curly loopy handwriting i do sometimes if its late in the day i get sloppy but never if I need someone to be able to read it
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post #19 of 30
6/6/11 at 4:07pm
My handwriting is horrendous but it always has been
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post #20 of 30
6/6/11 at 4:42pm
If I am in a rush with writing something down, it is just a mess. But, if I take my time and think about what I am writing down, it is neat.
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post #21 of 30
6/6/11 at 4:45pm
I used to take great pride in my handswriting. My 7 year old asked my why her teacher writes so much pretter than me. I told her she has to
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post #22 of 30
6/6/11 at 5:04pm
I'm an artist and it is essential for me to have legible writing, but I also have always felt I can write a pretty letter!
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post #23 of 30
6/6/11 at 8:19pm
I consider my handwriting to be legible. And, I am always being complimented on my neat, pretty, and legible print and cursive. I had a difficult time in school with handwriting as I was a lefty turned right-handed child (by the school system). But, as the years passed, I practiced and took pride in the fact that I had lovely handwriting.

I also do a lot of calligraphy and art and that, too, has helped me to maintain my good handwriting. My print, in my opinion, is nicer than my cursive, but I get compliments on both. However, I do continue to use my handwriting in that I write letters, lists, and the like rather than using a computer and also keep journals. While, over the years, I have noticed that my hands and wrists are less comfortable when writing long diatribes, I continue to use my hands so that I can maintain what I worked so hard to have.

I hope that handwriting does not go out the window the more we use computers, tablets, and the like. It's one of those things I really find important to both adults and children alike. I don't want to lose something that has been a part of cultures all around the world throughout history.
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post #24 of 30
6/6/11 at 8:42pm
Back in grade school, I was a straight C- student in handwriting. That was pretty much the worst grade they would actually give out to anyone who actually did the exercises. In high school, I took drafting. The first year, we had to do the lettering by hand. We could get a maximum of 15 points deducted for our lettering. I got an 85 average in the class. The second and third years, we could use a lettering tool and I got a 100 on all of my assignments.

About the only thing that I hand write anymore are entries to my journal at work. Every once in a while, the writing is actually pretty decent (for me anyway.) More often though, I get in a hurry. When that happens, it's so bad that I end up crossing out every 3rd word because it's illegible.
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post #25 of 30
6/6/11 at 11:29pm
I always thought that "linking" as we called it at primary was stupid and I've always been a "printer". My printing is very good!
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post #26 of 30
6/7/11 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by Mystik Spiral View Post
I used to have really nice handwriting, but once I started typing everything instead of writing, it all went downhill. My handwriting is legible, but I certainly wouldn't call it good.
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post #27 of 30
6/7/11 at 4:44pm
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Originally Posted by rapunzel47 View Post
My handwriting isn't bad when I slow down and pay attention to what I'm writing. In fact, I still get the occasional compliment on it. But under normal circumstances, the most that can be said for it is that it's mostly legible. I suppose it doesn't hurt that for a good number of years one of my hobbies was calligraphy, so that kept a certain discipline in my writing, but it's a good number of years since I did any calligraphy, that it's not what it used to be.
Fran? Are we twins?

I'm the same way. Depends on how fast I am writing and effort and I have also done calligraphy. I have gotten lots of compliments on my handwriting.
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post #28 of 30
6/7/11 at 6:03pm
I can write neatly/legibly if I so desire, but more often than not I'm only writing for my benefit (my own shopping list, reminder note, etc) so I don't worry about it being legible.
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post #29 of 30
6/7/11 at 11:25pm
Yes! I used to do calligraphy, and that's completely out... and even simple handwriting is very difficult for me now. I'm sorry this is happening to so many of us, but I'm also glad to hear I'm not the only one -- I was starting to wonder if I was developing some kind of neurological disorder.
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post #30 of 30
6/8/11 at 11:52am
My handwriting is okay. It's usually better when I'm not TRYING to make it look nice
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