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handwriting's racecar form, built for speed in an age that forgot how to use it
means A flowing style of handwriting in which the letters are joined together for faster, more continuous writing.
from From the Medieval Latin 'cursivus,' meaning 'running' or 'flowing,' itself from the Latin verb 'currere,' 'to run' — the same root that gallops through 'current,' 'course,' and 'cursor.' The idea was that the pen, instead of lifting between each letter, simply runs across the page. So a cursor blinking on your screen and the loops of your signature share a common ancestor: both are things that run.
- origin
- sped up so quill ink wouldn't blot pages
- declining skill
- many U.S. schools dropped teaching it entirely
- signature loophole
- legally, your signature can be any mark at all
- brain boost
- writing it by hand sharpens memory and motor skills
- the word
- from Latin 'currere,' meaning to run
spencerian script — american cursive handwriting system developed by platt rogers spencer in the 1840s, taught in schools nationwide for over a century
italic cursive — renaissance writing style created in 15th-century italy by niccolò niccoli, basis for modern italic typography