Handwriting matters -- but does cursive matter? The facts are surprising. For instance, it turns out that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater ...

The loops and curls of cursive handwriting have all but vanished from college essay exam blue books. On rare occasions when college students write by hand, nearly all of them use what educators call ...

Many teachers and former students suspect they are seeing the beginning of a future where the art of handwriting doesn't exist except for a few. It's true that the forming of letters on paper by ...

Research shows that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater legibility. (Sources for all research are available on request.) Further research shows that ...

I can’t remember how to write a capital Z in cursive. The rest of my letters are shaky and stiff, my words slanted in all directions. It’s not for lack of trying. In grade school I was one of those ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Aug. 6 Sun Journal editorial continued an ongoing discussion of cursive ...

Kate Gladstone is the founder of Handwriting Repair/Handwriting That Works and the director of the World Handwriting Contest. April 30, 2013 Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest ...

The pencil salesman’s lament will likely sound familiar: “Penmanship,” he complained, “is sort of dying out.” In today’s texting, typing world, worry about the “dying art” of handwriting is a common ...