Your Handwriting

[embonpoint]

I thought it would be neat to see everyone's handwriting (especially with the whole cursive debate that went on a while ago)!
I figure "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a good sample sentence because it has all the letters, but really, you can post any picture of your writing.



Sorry the image is blurry - my webcam isn't of the best quality.

[Eryn]

You have gorgeous handwriting. I'm very jealous.

I put a sample of both my print and my cursive. I tend to switch between the two depending on my mood.

[embonpoint]

Thank you! People keep telling me that, but I think it looks such a mess. Admittedly, in that picture, it is fairly neat, but most of the time, I just think it's ugly.

I don't get the cursive/print difference, really, though. I mean, obviously I see the difference in the writing, but I don't understand how one would come to have two ways of writing; I just have the one, which has changed many times, but always been one. Is that because my writing is quite 'cursive-y' already? (Is it even 'cursive-y'? I tend to think of cursive as just being a little loopy/swirly, joined-up writing). I just don't understand!

[Marina]

I usually use a combination of both. I just remember that in fifth grade all of the teachers were telling us that they only write in cursive in middle school. Which was a lie, because the teachers didn't really care. Also when I was learning English in Kazakhstan they also taught us cursive, not print, because no one ever prints in Russian, you'd be considered uneducated if you did. So I guess for me it's just how I learned.

Also my handwriting gets progressively worse the longer I write.

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[Silva]

I have four different ones... and I scanned this so the paper looks strange.

[Dodger Thirteen]

People like my handwriting; I don't know why. But whatever the reason, I'm getting paid $42 to address someone's wedding invitations, so I'm good with it.

Sample:

[Eryn]

If I ever get married I am so going to hunt you down via interwebz and make you address my wedding invitations. Your handwriting is beautiful.

[embonpoint]

Jun 3, 2011 21:21:19 GMT -5 Dodger Thirteen said:

People like my handwriting; I don't know why. But whatever the reason, I'm getting paid $42 to address someone's wedding invitations, so I'm good with it.

Sample:

It's very tidy and um, I don't know, consistent? I'm not really sure what word I'm looking for, but yes, it is very nice! x)

[cyanea]

Mine jumps between sharp and loopy. My second grade teacher would be so ashamed.

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[Dodger Thirteen]

Jun 3, 2011 21:33:44 GMT -5 Eryn said:

If I ever get married I am so going to hunt you down via interwebz and make you address my wedding invitations. Your handwriting is beautiful.

(If you're talking to me...)

I am perfectly okay with this. Just PM me or something and we'll work something out.

Maybe I should make a website... ;

[inarikins]

I couldn't take a picture of this to save my life. Should have written in pen. Also wrote 'leapt' instead of 'jumps'. Oh well. Urgh, it's so fuzzy.

[pjthefey]

Believe it or not my hand writing is actually really good compared to about 5 years ago.

[moosethemoose]

Your handwritings are all lovely, mine is shocking. It looks like scribbles, I can rarely read my own writing.

[Umbvix]

[ovid]

This is my handwriting. It is pretty awful. I tend to write quickly, small, and near illegibly. In my younger years I was often asked to rewrite homework assignments. Don't even ask about my cursive. We moved while I was still learning it and the new school had already finished teaching it.