Does anyone write in cursive anymore?

I always write in cursive! I’m kind of anal about my handwriting, though – I’ll rewrite notes/letters/whatever if I don’t like my handwriting. But I can’t do that fancy handwriting with the swirls and the curls, but its still cursive.

I do. I write to my son every once in a while. I write in cursive. I also write in cursive on my Christmas cards. Actually to only time I print is on forms. Although even my printing looks alittle like cursive. Ofcourse, I am a ‘baby boomer’.

When I took the GRE, they required we copy a non-disclosure statement in cursive. I could have written it at least three times quicker in print and it would have been perfectly legible. I have never enjoyed writing in cursive. My penmanship is sloppy enough as is.

I learned cursive and then studied Spencerian Hand on my own. I love it, but you have to have the right pen.

I write in my own form of cursive. I find it more efficient to form a’s and d’s for example by going under the round part to form the letter. As a nurse I wrote a lot to chart.

My standard handwriting, or “printing” if you will (people say it resembles the font Arial) is much nicer than my cursive. I became semi-famous at school for my handwriting. But my cursive is underwhelming. I still use it sometimes on tests that require a lot of writing because I do find it faster.

I learned it, and we were required to write in it when I was in school. Around 7th grade, they said we should write in whichever form is most legible. So I print. My signature is technically cursive, but it’s really more like an illegible scrawl of loops.

I write in cursive all the time. I find it easier than print.
But my best friends little sister is in the 5th grade and she doesn’t know how to read or write cursive. The principal at her school says “it’s not necessary to learn anymore because we have computers.”

I write in cursive when I have to hand write something.
When I have the time to write as legibly as I can, my cursive is just as good as my printing.

Rarely, but I love it, especially using a fountain pen!

I do write in cursive most often. Occasionally I will print, and I do so in all caps. I just like the way that it looks.

I don’t understand how people write faster by printing. Unless I’m filling out a form, I always use cursive. Whenever I try to print things, I always find myself joining up letters anyway.

My French teacher does. She does it horribly too.

I write in cursive, because it is faster than printing. I am quite comfortable with it, but I am also a “baby-boomer”. I really think that it is short-sighted on the part of educators to decide that kids no longer need to learn to write in cursive.

My cursive, my handwriting, is simply atrocious. It’s so illegible that I can’t even read it a lot of the time so I generally print in all caps; in block letters. But when I print I really, barely even lift the pen off the page between letters so it goes pretty quickly. I can print pretty fast.

I write in a cursive/print hybrid. Badly.

My class notes and exam essays are in cursive, as are my notes on birthday cards and the occasional genuine handwritten and mailed letter. And I sign my name in script. But for everyday purposes (lists, reminder notes) I usually print.

I suppose that printing can or could be as recognizable as script, though it might take a sharper eye to identify it. I’d know my parents’ handwriting anywhere, but my sons’ printing does not have so much character and distinction. I really think we are losing something if we lose the ability to write a message and sign our names in flowing penmanship.

@Jeruba My printing is not beautiful, but definitely legible. My cursive, on the other hand, never was, and I found out the other day that I’ve forgotten how to do about half a dozen letters and forgotten how to link all the rest.
On the other hand, I can type the notes in class faster than the 50-year-old classmate of mine who has gorgeous cursive handwriting.