How is your handwriting these days?

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

Borderline illegible. I'm a professor and still have to write on a chalkboard most days, and I have to be very careful to print in block letters or my students can't read it. I almost never write anything else other than notes to myself...which I sometimes cannot read the next day.

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yeti-rex@reddit

My handwriting is just as good as it was in college, because I'm using it again.

When COVID hit and we were sent to work from home, I shortly after started using my handwriting again. Physically writing notes for meetings and creating to-do list for the week. Then about 2 or 3 years ago I resume cursive. It's back to how it was in college.

Why? Because I really like the feel of physical writing on paper. I tried an iPad and Apple pencil for a time, but it didn't satisfy. Paper and pen is helping my handwriting and my memory of meeting topics.

I now carry several color pens and write notes in color. Black for general notes, green for ideas to remember, red for tasks that need performed and blue to note updates to tasks.

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yardkat1971@reddit

Terrible. Just unreadable scrawl. But just this week I started practicing cursive again. For fun! It's so loopy!

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Kodiak01@reddit

I have two versions of my handwriting: Classroom-perfect for writing checks and signing greeting cards, and chicken scratch that comes from growing up in a family with two RNs in it.

Even my signature has stylizied initials that I could fire off in half a second, partially borne out of having to sign hundreds of documents a day in a previous job.

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MaximumJones@reddit

Mine is worse than a doctor's.

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hippiestitcher@reddit

I write every day. I do morning pages (from the book The Artist's Way), write in my planners, write notes, lists, etc. I'm an analog person.

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Maverick-Mav@reddit

Same add it was, which was never that pretty. My knuckle callus from the pens and pencils is gone, so now it leaves a dent.

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Noodle_Nostril@reddit

I used to have great penmanship, but since I stopped working to be at home with my youngest, it’s become atrocious! I write as though it’s my first day learning, and even I can’t read it!

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tanhauser_gates_@reddit

Handwriting was never good to start with [lefty].

It has only deteriorated as the years have progressed.

I dont write very much these days.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

I developed really neat, block cap handwriting in engineering school, and then found myself emersed in a computerized world for decades. Now my writing sucks, unless I slow REALLY down and concentrate on it.

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Duke-of-Glenmont@reddit

My hand writing is embarrassing. Always has been. I would love to have great handwriting. It’s not age related, it’s always been horrendous.

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WillBrink@reddit

My handwriting was always terrible, virtually non existent now. I can sign my name at best. No cares given.

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Anonymo123@reddit

been told its worse then a doctors..so not good? lol

not a doctor.

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grateful_john@reddit

Papers in college were typed for me. Which is good because my handwriting has always been terrible.

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Deer-in-Motion@reddit

An unholy hybrid of print and cursive.

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Reader47b@reddit

I still write by hand in journals and at meetings on a legal pad when taking notes. I guess I look ancient doing that. Oh well. It works for me. My handwriting is poor, but it's always been poor. It just hasn't improved any.

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

My handwriting has always been complimented, but it's starting to lose shape due to osteoarthritis.

I still handwrite most things, still write letters with a few people, and use it as a therapy for my hands.

Osteoarthritis is nasty: the pain is horrible and incurable so you want to use those joints as little as possible but if you do, you lose function very quick, so you gotta just put up with it.

Writing helps with that, then my hands get wrapped in a heating pad or dunked in hot wax.

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wrenchedups@reddit

I do regulatory compliance inspections. I go on-site and take copious amounts of notes. My notes become evidence.

I haven’t been challenged to the point anything has gone to litigation, but I fear having to review my notes and parsing them for an audience.

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shawncollins512@reddit

My hand cramps up writing a paragraph and my writing has always been bad (I got a D in elementary for handwriting).

Most of the time, the only writing I do is on a rare check or envelope.

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Numerous_Bad1961@reddit

Lyme arthritis enters the chat….

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mp3bear@reddit

With his homies psoriatic…and osteo-…and C5-7 spinal stenosis…and carpal tunnel…

🤬

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LayerNo3634@reddit

I have never had good handwriting. I inherited my mom's tremor. This has only made it worse. She says she saw it when I was young. I didn't notice it until college.

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Shoboy_is_my_name@reddit

The same unreadable bullshit chicken scratch it has been my entire life. If my handwriting ever got worse there would be no discernible way to notice.

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mjh8212@reddit

I haven’t used cursive in years. I’ve been reading book series and I write down the books in the series in a notebook and always just print cause I can’t read my own writing if I use cursive. When I write grocery lists it’s on my phone in the notes app. I’ll leave the list at home if I write it down.

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Sir_Colby_Tit@reddit

I learned cursive in school and used to have beautiful writing.

Nowadays I can't understand something I wrote a day previously. Looks like a spider on acid has left an inky trail.

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anon2univ@reddit

What is this "hand writing" you speak of?

Never good, ok enough for the rare time I write a check.

I work in I.T., keyboard or bust.

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couchwarmer@reddit

Mine is about the same as it always was, legible, but not going to win any awards.

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willingzenith@reddit

Mine has never been great, more like OK. These days it’s beyond terrible. I can keep it neat for a few words, but then things go bad quickly.

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Stephvick1@reddit

Mine sucks!! Always has.

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tunafreedolphin@reddit

This

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GogglesPisano@reddit

People used to compliment me on my handwriting. I have old notebooks and journals full of pages and pages written in neat, precise longhand.

Nowadays I type (or text) practically everything. My hand cramps up if I have to write more than a few lines, and what I do write is sloppy. Even my signature has devolved into loops and squiggles.

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Illustrious-Egg-5839@reddit

I can print pretty well. My cursive is very slow and it looks like the practice letters without any individuality.

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melty75@reddit

I make a lot of notes during the course of my work days, and writing is also how I tend to learn the best. It seems to sink in better for me if I write the words and concepts. My quick note taking handwriting is basically a mix of printing and longhand. If I take my time writing longhand / cursive, I am still pretty good at it. I've done a bit of calligraphy. If I have time and am making a checklist, I use a fine tipped sharpie and use block letters similar to a comic book. A few years ago I took a course for accreditation for my job. I wrote out all of the provided course materials by hand. That proved to me that I just love handwriting.

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Cool-Impression007@reddit

I still prefer to handwrite when I can ( my typing Is atrocious and makes me come across as completely dyslexic) I love using different markers and pens to write cursive!

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yurtfarmer@reddit

I still read and write in cursive ….you know , that ancient style

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HypergolicHyperbola@reddit

Mine is pretty good. After developing horrible handwriting as a teen, I decided to practice writing an italic script as an adult. It’s not as beautiful as it once was, but I write most lists and notes out on paper to keep in practice.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

Atrocious.

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XXOO1960@reddit

Terrible tremor…can barely write my name.

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Glass-Nectarine-3282@reddit

It's funny how my handwriting is of course ghastly, and yet my parent's handwriting is perfect cursive and/or printing. My mother sends cards or whatever and it looks the same as it did 30 years ago. Mine on the other hand stops looking like anything after about three words.

It is strange because it's not like my parents are writing THAT much more than anybody else. Like yeah okay, a card now and then, but they kept the skill and I totally lost it.

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whats1more7@reddit

My mother’s handwriting was beautiful. She taught handwriting and typing as a teacher.

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whats1more7@reddit

The agency I work with requires handwritten paperwork and it’s so painful to do every day. My handwriting is atrocious. I can type so much faster than I write. What’s even more frustrating is that I use an app to type out essentially what the paperwork requires - usually in more detail - so I’m just copying what I’ve just typed out. Every year we all cross our fingers that this agency will move into the digital world but nope paper it is.

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rharper38@reddit

Perfection.

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No-Big-2512@reddit

My handwriting was atrocious. Then I got a job where I had to hand write tickets ( I’m a server/bartender) that really helped. I remember writing so much I had a callus on the inside of my middle finger when I was younger. I love writing. Cursive writing is lost to me though

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DezPezInOz@reddit

Mine's pretty good. I get compliments

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Princess_Jade1974@reddit

It’s actually nicer then it ever was, if I write in cursive 😂

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TheRedGiant77@reddit

Terrible, just like it’s always been.

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Auferstehen78@reddit

It's always been terrible. I can't spell and I have a tremor that happens when I am moving. So writing can go wrong.

I once put snakes on the grocery list for my Mom. Thankfully she realised I meant snacks.

Found out my Dad can't spell either so that makes me feel better.

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TheRealCabbageJack@reddit

Illegible garbage, same as it’s been my whole life. I’m always amused when I try to read my own writing and can’t make out words

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lazytiger40@reddit

Still the same as my high school years...rushed and illegible.

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la_winky@reddit

I took a drafting class in college (simple blue prints, format, block printing) and ditched cursive all together. Because it’s just terrible (is being left handed a good excuse?) and now only write in block caps. Makes my work field notes so much easier to read later.

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vegan_voorhees@reddit (OP)

I'm a lefty as well, smudging birthday cards year on year.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

My wife is a lefty and her cursive remains very nice. So, simply being a lefty not an excuse.

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bja33470@reddit

hand - what ?

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TrainingLow9079@reddit

It feels weird to write by hand now, like I'm out of practice and have to concentrate more when doing it

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Cursive is terrible, but it was never good. Printing is — devolved. Need to stick to typing or just talking to the computer (which I’ve started doing more of).

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pagalvin@reddit

I got interested in fountain pens and ... it was tough. But, with practice, it came back pretty well and it's quite enjoyable. I found I had to very deliberately slow down and be weirdly intentional in what I was doing.

I never had great handwriting to begin with and it's not that great now, but it's legible to me at least :)

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ljinbs@reddit

My geometry teacher always joked that I should become an English teacher because my cursive was so nice. That didn’t happen but I did write on cakes at Baskin Robbins.

I am in marketing now and when I do go to sign things, I do notice my handwriting isn’t as nice as it once was. Printing is still the same.

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JournalistFew6829@reddit

I’ve just started practicing again at 57 as mine was poor, and occasionally I use my Dads old fountain pen. It’s an important skill.

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Ok_Push2550@reddit

Terrible. Trying to learn French, and my handwritten notes are awful. R, s, and n look almost the same.

Still, my typing is faster than almost anyone else, you get or older. Grew up without autocorrect, and I answer emails faster than anyone.

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MasterClown@reddit

The only cursive handwriting I've done with any consistency the past 15-20 years involved writing my signature on various forms and also while writing checks.

But a little while back, I decided to re-learn cursive (and also unlearn some bad writing habits).

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-toadflax-@reddit

I write everything in cursive so the younger generations can't read it.

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MasterClown@reddit

Do you also drive a stick-shift or use a rotary phone? :)

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_iron_butterfly_@reddit

I wrote a bday card to my friends daughter... shes 16 yrs old. She can not read cursive. I had to read it to her. They sign their name in print!

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Smoking0311@reddit

Diabolical

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Cranks_No_Start@reddit

Ahh the “Runes of the ancients”.

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Feminist_Hugh_Hefner@reddit

that's hilarious, did you just make that up?? I laughed so hard I had to rewind the minion movie

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_WillCAD_@reddit

My cursive always sucked ass from the day I learned it until the day I forgot it.

My printing was garbage, then I became a draftsman and it became fair. It's readable. But it's never been neat or pretty.

Keyboards are my savior. I can type at least five times faster than I write, and everything is completely legible, and when I make stupid spelling mistakes the software fixes them.

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mandymaz72@reddit

We just moved to digital files at work last year. Gotta love working for gov’ment.

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renegade7717@reddit

just as bad as always 😂😂. always admired those folks who had that super small engineer looking print that was so neat and tidy. Mine is scribble scrabble trash