The Forgotten and Personal Nature of Cursive
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The Forgotten and Personal Nature of Cursive

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This is a post inspired by a conversation I had with a friend, who lamented that he hadn't had enough time to write everything he wanted during a test. He chalked it up to not knowing how to write quickly with cursive, and vowed to learn how to write better. I gave him some advice, and then tried out a quick experiment with my advice, and some extra thoughts.

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I told my friend Patrick today, that if he wanted to improve his cursive writing, that he should focus on a few aspects

  1. Write slowly
  2. Write fluidly
  3. Write larger than usual

And of course, daily practice :)

With this text, I tried writing out four times with four different pens

I also kept my paper at a hard 45 degree angle, to facilitate drawing the pen to the right and upwards, which is much easier anatomically I find.

So we begin the experiment

As you can see, I also need some work with my own advice.))

Sometimes I would focus on fluidity, and screw up on going slowly to build better stroke habits.

But I did stick to writing the same size, so that was a plus.)

Para a vida e para a aprendizagem,

Tom

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