<![CDATA[I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive.]]>I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. Is that true? Some have reported scarcely being able to read it at all, which I find hard to believe.

I do my lower case d's like a reversed number 6, and my r's can be normal or old style.

What do you think, oh young person reading this? Can you read my handwriting easily, or is it a bit of a guessing game? (poll in the comments)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/coucou/statuses/116411916729059842https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/coucou/statuses/116411916729059842Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:01:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:38:27 GMT]]>@ellane i cannot read it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116251845946481071/statuses/116411826635151884https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116251845946481071/statuses/116411826635151884Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:38:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:22:14 GMT]]>@me Wowza, is that Pitman? ๐‘ฎ๐‘ต๐‘’๐‘• ๐‘ฃ๐‘ธ๐‘›๐‘ผ ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘› ๐‘ž๐‘จ๐‘ฏ ยท๐‘–๐‘ฑ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ! (looks harder to read than Shavian)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411762916905405https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411762916905405Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:22:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:18:58 GMT]]>@flexnib I'm 2 years or so your senior and had the same experience at school. Handwriting was (and is) important!

Yet another reason I wouldn't want to go completely paperless. Those hand muscles get out of practice, and won't cooperate when you pick up a pen again after years of disuse.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411750028709031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411750028709031Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:18:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:17:41 GMT]]>@randyridenour Ha, you are still over 30 when you're over 60!! I get what you mean about reading, though (*pushes reading glasses up bridge of nose*).

Isn't the Pentel Kerry lovely!! What colour did you go for?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411744987349574https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411744987349574Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:17:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:16:04 GMT]]>@buddhawilliams Thank you for those kind comments. I knew my writing looked nice in the eyes of others, but I'd just recently started considering whether they might be having trouble actually reading it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411738651303388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411738651303388Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:16:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:05:58 GMT]]>@ellane I'm aging now, but reading and writing cursive has never been easy to me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/veer66/statuses/116411698956189217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/veer66/statuses/116411698956189217Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:05:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:16 GMT]]>@ellane That's easy stuff. Here's my handwriting:
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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-8569-e034-dc96-781021516797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-8569-e034-dc96-781021516797Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:56:11 GMT]]>@ellane Where's the โ€œI'm over 60 and I have trouble reading anythingโ€ option?

BTW, I bought a Pentel Kerry on your recommendation. What a jewel of a pencil!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/randyridenour/statuses/116411660474637332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/randyridenour/statuses/116411660474637332Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:56:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:55:19 GMT]]>@ellane Iโ€™m well over 30 and had no problem reading it. Your handwriting is beautiful. I write like a doctor.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jscanlon/statuses/116411657050760239https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/jscanlon/statuses/116411657050760239Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:55:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:48:59 GMT]]>@ellane

How I'd love my cursive to be so legible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/nlowell/statuses/116411632172596280https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/nlowell/statuses/116411632172596280Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:47:03 GMT]]>@joel Ah yes, the f! I get a bit carried away with those

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411624544419501https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411624544419501Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:47:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:46:36 GMT]]>@gcvsa Good to know, thank you. FYI I'm 58 and studied calligraphy in my youth.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411622776976716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411622776976716Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:46:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:44:46 GMT]]>@coucou Ah that is fascinating! It's like the legibility of cursive has come full circle from old days to modern.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411615568728327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411615568728327Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:44:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:43:53 GMT]]>@lloydlemons Thank you, that is good feedback to have. The ALT text tells you what it says.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411612114998656https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411612114998656Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:43:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:43:08 GMT]]>@cerement Interesting, I hadn't thought about there being a distinction between italic and cursive. I just write quickly and the shapes go where they want to.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411609174621848https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411609174621848Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:43:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:41:45 GMT]]>@leonardof In the photo in the original post, the word "world" has a regular r, while all the other words containing r are written in the old style cursive form.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411603687250437https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pkm.social/users/ellane/statuses/116411603687250437Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:41:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:28:54 GMT]]>@ellane which r is normal, and which is old style?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bertha.social/ap/users/116054147328405917/statuses/116411553211313603https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bertha.social/ap/users/116054147328405917/statuses/116411553211313603Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:28:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:27:11 GMT]]>@ellane I can read it, but I'm of an age where I was forced to use nothing but cursive for three years of my schooling. I can see why this handwriting sample might flummox someone without practice reading cursive. There were some places where, without experience and context, I wouldn't have been able to tell where an m, n, i, w, or r made the transition into the neighboring letter.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/trachelipus/statuses/116411546424623498https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/trachelipus/statuses/116411546424623498Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:27:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:24:57 GMT]]>@ellane

I tend to see that example closer to italic than cursive

italic is the older (and more elegant) style based off actual handwriting

cursive is the more modern style, harder to read because of less connection to actual letter shapes, and based off etchings ("copperplate") not writing

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Gunnlaugur SE Briem - What exactly is italic?

A modern handwriting styleโ€”with heritage Italic is a contemporary version of a style of writing that was popular in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and is particularly suited to modern writing instruments. The capitals are based on shapes and proportions of classical Roman

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(www.briem.net)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.targaryen.house/users/cerement/statuses/116411537641478994https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.targaryen.house/users/cerement/statuses/116411537641478994Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:24:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:23:14 GMT]]>@ellane
Very difficult to read. It looks artful, but I struggle to get the meaning. I was trained in school to write cursive, but I never use it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/lloydlemons/statuses/116411530935857962https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://me.dm/users/lloydlemons/statuses/116411530935857962Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:23:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:22:21 GMT]]>@ellane I'm mom of a college student and longtime classroom volunteer. Young adults and kids flop when they see cursive and think it's cool to push back. When I say its just a different font and I've seen them play with fonts for hours instead of working on homework, they say "Oh. Yeah" and suddenly can read it. They've seen many cursive and decorative fonts.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/coucou/statuses/116411527445928414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/coucou/statuses/116411527445928414Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:22:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:12:02 GMT]]>@ellane I'm 42, and I'm out of practice. I can mostly read it just fine, but then the first "e" in "there" gets a bit compacted and suddenly reads like and "i", and that "fair" took a good bit of re-reading. So I suppose it depends?

It might also be a bit harder since english is my second language, and my exposure to english words in cursive is almost non existent, so my ability to fill in the blanks is reduced compared to reading Norwegian in cursive.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/kly/statuses/116411486834569489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/kly/statuses/116411486834569489Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:12:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive. on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:08:26 GMT]]>@ellane@pkm.social I use block printing when I write. I can't tell you the last time I used cursive. I had to really look at a couple of the words in your quote to get them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sharkey.world/notes/al4acce0cul50001https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sharkey.world/notes/al4acce0cul50001Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:08:26 GMT