I heard recently that young people of today (under 30) have trouble reading linked handwriting, or cursive.
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@ellane I can read fine and write fine! But I struggled with your "f"s hehe
@joel Ah yes, the f! I get a bit carried away with those
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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)
How I'd love my cursive to be so legible.
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Can you read cursive (linked handwriting) fluently? (see thread, and this blog post https://ellanew.com/2026/04/13/ptpl-203-cheap-fountain-pens-mechanical-pencils)
@ellane Iโm well over 30 and had no problem reading it. Your handwriting is beautiful. I write like a doctor.
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Can you read cursive (linked handwriting) fluently? (see thread, and this blog post https://ellanew.com/2026/04/13/ptpl-203-cheap-fountain-pens-mechanical-pencils)
@ellane Where's the โI'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!
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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)
@ellane That's easy stuff. Here's my handwriting:
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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)
@ellane I'm aging now, but reading and writing cursive has never been easy to me.
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@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!
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@ellane Where's the โI'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!
@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?
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@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.
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@ellane That's easy stuff. Here's my handwriting:
@me Wowza, is that Pitman? ๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ธ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ ยท๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฏ! (looks harder to read than Shavian)
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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)
@ellane i cannot read it
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@coucou Ah that is fascinating! It's like the legibility of cursive has come full circle from old days to modern.
@ellane that's a good way to think of it. Your handwriting is lovely BTW. Readable yet filled with style and uniqueness.
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