a coworker signs his name with just a up/down squiggle like an extended 'W' I suppose it might be an easy forgery detector if someone tries to actually put letters in there
a coworker signs his name with just a up/down squiggle like an extended 'W' I suppose it might be an easy forgery detector if someone tries to actually put letters in thereOne reason I started the thread is that my wife encountered a twenty something who was practicing her signature because her new job required her to write checks. The woman had a friend write out her name in cursive so she could learn to copy it. The woman had almost no experience at all in signing her own name.
As for me, I learned several years ago to be just as sloppy about signing the back of my credit cards as I was most of the time. I would get the hairy eyeball from cashiers when my signature din't match the neat writing on the card. Of course, with chip cards, no one cares anymore.
I thought cursive was the style (vs manuscript print) and D'Nealian was the font or print type? For example, compared to Zaner Bloser...I did D'Nealian before getting to cursive, I think the two are distinct
I still have some of my notebooks from my college days. I also took notes at the monthly meetings of my professional users' group back in the late 1990's, and have that notebook.Back in my college days. I used to write notes half asleep. I would look at my notes at home later and say. WTF!!!
Interesting. I remember the step in linking the letters together being a hurdle and like getting the enchantment. Weird to reflect on some assertion made as a 3rd grader as an adult.I thought cursive was the style (vs manuscript print) and D'Nealian was the font or print type? For example, compared to Zaner Bloser...
I searched for info on this, and found some conflicting statements in regards to D'Nealian vs cursive and D'Nealian vs Zaner Bloser, so I'm not sure. I can't recall any of this from grade school now.
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I remember seeing that Q, but this is the one we were taught.I never did master capital Qs. They don't look anything like a Q when written correctly. Same with capital Z.
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As I understand it, cursive is faster than printing. Printing can be more legible, I think it generally is. On average... but cursive is quite a bit faster among those with facility for both. I think if you're well coordinated you can develop great facility with both. It can require some concentration and will to do so, plus the willingness to be self-critical.Interesting. I remember the step in linking the letters together being a hurdle and like getting the enchantment. Weird to reflect on some assertion made as a 3rd grader as an adult.
I've never seen that other Q before, if I'd encountered it I'd have thought it to be a 2.I remember seeing that Q, but this is the one we were taught.
I think it's useful ifWe were graded on our cursive in the early 60's. Even top ranked public-school districts seemed to have stopped teaching it.
I was taught cursive in grammar school and to this day use it all the time. It's a lot faster than printing. I don't do everything on a computer.My oldest grandchild is 23 and my youngest is 13, neither of them can write cursive as it was not taught in school here.
When I see people's signature I generally take a good look at it, see what it says about them. Nowadays, the great majority of signatures are thoroughly illegible. Mine varies considerably. If I am pretty sure that nobody is even going to glance at it, I just scribble my name in a second or two. If it's something I care about and am not sure of the outcome and am concerned, I am careful to make my signature legible.One reason I started the thread is that my wife encountered a twenty something who was practicing her signature because her new job required her to write checks.
I've been file diving at the county recorder's office for the past few weeks, searching mining claim records going back to the late 1800s. Prior to 1915, everything is handwritten in cursive. Curse the folks with loopy handwriting where every letter looks the same. One recorder managed to make the word westerly indecipherable from easterly. In this case, it was kind of important information. I could only read for a couple hours a day as the eyestrain of reading cursive on a cheap monitor is horrible. The records were scanned from microfiche.Cursives, foiled again!
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I could only read for a couple hours a day as the eyestrain of reading cursive on a cheap monitor is horrible. The records were scanned from microfiche.
After reviewing over 20,000 records, I found the page I wanted .I've been file diving at the county recorder's office for the past few weeks, searching mining claim records going back to the late 1800s. Prior to 1915, everything is handwritten in cursive. Curse the folks with loopy handwriting where every letter looks the same. One recorder managed to make the word westerly indecipherable from easterly. In this case, it was kind of important information. I could only read for a couple hours a day as the eyestrain of reading cursive on a cheap monitor is horrible. The records were scanned from microfiche.
Also, the job of county recorder used to suck, hard. They hand wrote everything back then. People would dictate what they wanted recorded and the recorder had to write it all down. Scribbling all day long, day after day. I ran across mining claim records where the claimant had recorded 39 claims at one time. The recorder wrote thirty pages. The claimant f'ed it up twice so the recorder ended up writing out ninety pages for this one guy. With the mining claims, the recorders didn't use a new sheet of paper for each claim. They would finish one claim, draw a line, and start writing out the next claim. It makes searching a pain in the ass as the recorder's office hasn't indexed the historical claims. I don't blame them as the utility of doing so is pretty low but it would make my life better if they did.