3. Cursive writing is easier than printing, particularly for some people with different abilities. Being able to write ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War-era documents. So far, more than 100,000 ...

Writing a letter in one’s own hand can be an artistic act. Handwriting animates paper. The bold flairs of calligraphic script shout for attention, while elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across the ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential. “We create missions where we ask volunteers to help us transcribe or tag records in our catalog,” Isaacs said. To ...

“Cursive writing is a key part of literacy ... “If you had a thirty-page paper, you had to handwrite thirty pages. The only form of communication was handwriting. And, now, that’s become ...

This accounting log details financial losses the East India Company experienced in 1773 from shipments sent to Boston, Charleston, New York and Philadelphia. SIMON: ...Our theme music. If you can read ...

on something called Zaner-Bloser paper, which is still used today ... so you get good at reading all kinds of handwriting, cursive or otherwise. (It’s never too late to learn.) ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.