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Jul 30, 2019 9:27 PM
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Alright so tell more about your handwritting and how does it affect whether or not people can read the hell out of your hanwritten texts?

My handwritting is nothing so impressive but it's decent and I like the fact everyone seems to read it well with no issues different from some people whose handwritting is so stylized and cute but lacks readability.
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Jul 30, 2019 9:54 PM
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Usually during tests, or anything where I’m being timed, my handwriting looks like a bunch of scribbles but it’s definitely still readable... I think .__. I also can’t hold the pencil correctly.-. but for my notes, although my writing is still quite messy, I like to format my text and everything in a way to please my eyes (probably looks like poop to others still) but that’s only if I feel motivated to keep it that way. Otherwise, it would look neat in the beginning of the year and disastrous by the end.
Jul 31, 2019 3:09 AM
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My handwriting absolutely sucks :)
Jul 31, 2019 3:17 AM
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Well I don't know it's fine I suppose.
Jul 31, 2019 3:48 AM
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Mine's slowly gotten worse as I've gotten older. Little primary school me was pretty good at neat looking cursive handwriting, but the faster I've gotten and the more time I've spent on the internet, the less neat it looks. Now, when I'm writing, I go for speed over neatness.
I think it's probably a byproduct of taking exams. The longer you spend answering one question, the less time you've got to answer the next question. My teachers have told me that no one cares how neat your handwriting looks, just that it's readable and you've gotten whatever it was you were doing right.
Jul 31, 2019 3:52 AM
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Ppl say I write like a girl, so I guess it's alright. I have no idea how to intuitively write ampersands and shit though, they always mess me up.
Jul 31, 2019 4:03 AM
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I have average handwriting. Some people say it's good, I think it's just okay but definitely better than most people I'm around.
Jul 31, 2019 4:08 AM
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Friends? Never heard of that Anime...
Also, my hand-writing has become so bad it was voted in the top three of the worst hand-writings in my high school and since then, it has become even worse.

Rowan_F said:
Mine's slowly gotten worse as I've gotten older. Little primary school me was pretty good at neat looking cursive handwriting, but the faster I've gotten and the more time I've spent on the internet, the less neat it looks. Now, when I'm writing, I go for speed over neatness.
Exactly my problems! Ironically, I have switched from cursive to print to make it clearer looking and now my print looks more horrible than my cursive. Also, the change from fountain to ballpoint pen has also added to the negative development.

I completely agree with having to take exams under time pressure being one of the major reasons for the decrease in handwriting quality. Also, if you have to write much by hand for homework/school work in general, you will also get eventually tired of it and want to get it done as fast as possible.

And it's as Flevalt wrote in another thread: [url=https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1790984#msg57936937]"The faster one wins the cake. Quick thinking stays more on the surface-level of a topic and focuses on short-term results, so it's not good for finding lasting, optimal or better solutions to problems or for obtaining truthful answers to questions."
Jul 31, 2019 4:15 AM
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If I make an active effort it looks good but usually it looks as if a doctor wrote it. But that way I write really fast which works for me since I'm the only one that reads my notes.
Jul 31, 2019 4:30 AM

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Found this online. My writing looks kind of similar to this.


Just your average cursive writing like how i was taught as a kid.
Jul 31, 2019 4:37 AM

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mine is shit
fancyjasper said:
Found this online. My writing looks kind of similar to this.


Just your average cursive writing like how i was taught as a kid.
real pic or you lyin fancyjaspy
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Jul 31, 2019 4:39 AM

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PantsuSenseiUwU said:
mine is shit
fancyjasper said:
Found this online. My writing looks kind of similar to this.


Just your average cursive writing like how i was taught as a kid.
real pic or you lyin fancyjaspy


Ahaha i don't have any pics on hand. You'll just have to believe me for now :3
Jul 31, 2019 4:43 AM

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fancyjasper said:
PantsuSenseiUwU said:
mine is shit
real pic or you lyin fancyjaspy


Ahaha i don't have any pics on hand. You'll just have to believe me for now :3
i believe no one on MAL :D
nvm i believe you
anyone with that many drops is no liar
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Jul 31, 2019 5:15 AM

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I'm quite sure my handwriting sucks



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Jul 31, 2019 5:35 AM

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My handwriting was never good, unless I write super slow. It's even worse now, as I generally never write anything by hand anymore.

They don't teach handwriting/cursive in schools in my country anymore, so I guess that future generations won't even be able to read it someday.

Jul 31, 2019 5:50 AM

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Sucks, I mean my handwriting have been saying it is sucks for many years..........
Jul 31, 2019 5:53 AM

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fancyjasper said:
Just your average cursive writing like how i was taught as a kid.
The average writing representing your hand-writing style looks much neater than what I can produce. Also noticed that the capital "i" and the small case "P" are written differently from how I learnt them in school:



Theniel said:
I'm quite sure my handwriting sucks
It probably isn't as bad as mine.
Jul 31, 2019 5:59 AM

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depends on class but pretty neat overall esp on tests
Jul 31, 2019 6:02 AM

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Noboru said:
fancyjasper said:
Just your average cursive writing like how i was taught as a kid.
The average writing representing your hand-writing style looks much neater than what I can produce. Also noticed that the capital "i" and the small case "P" are written differently from how I learnt them in school:



Theniel said:
I'm quite sure my handwriting sucks
It probably isn't as bad as mine.


It's kind of freaky how accurate this is! Nice job! The way it's joined up is just like mine. The only differences is that i don't tend to form loops or write capital letters all curly. For example, my capital t would look like this. T

I'll have to write something when i get the chance. I actually can't member the last time i've written a sentence with pen and paper XD

Jul 31, 2019 6:16 AM

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fancyjasper said:
It's kind of freaky how accurate this is! Nice job! The way it's joined up is just like mine. The only differences is that i don't tend to form loops or write capital letters all curly. For example, my capital t would look like this. T
Thanks! Then you have a mix of cursive and print. In my "print" hand-writing, I use the small cursive "g" to make it easier to distinguish it from a "9".
Capital letters being curly is what makes it so stylish.

Though "Fraktur" is on a completely different level:



https://www.lettering-daily.com/fraktur-calligraphy/

𝔄𝔅ℭ𝔇𝔈𝔉𝔊ℌℑ𝔍𝔎𝔏𝔐𝔑𝔒𝔓𝔔ℜ𝔖𝔗𝔘𝔙𝔚𝔛𝔜ℨ𝔞𝔟𝔠𝔡𝔢𝔣𝔤𝔥𝔦𝔧𝔨𝔩𝔪𝔫𝔬𝔭𝔮𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔳𝔴𝔵𝔶𝔷 note: iOS doesn't support Fraktur.


fancyjasper said:
I'll have to write something when i get the chance. I actually can't member the last time i've written a sentence with pen and paper XD
Alright, I'm looking forward to it! ^^
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Jul 31, 2019 6:19 AM

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Most people would argue that my handwriting is equivalent to that of a retarded donkey, I beg to differ. My English writing is quite simple and easy to understand. My Arabic is, however, complete and incomprehensible shit.
Jul 31, 2019 6:20 AM
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Strangers and friends say I have pretty handwriting. I would have to concur
Jul 31, 2019 6:48 AM

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My day to day writing is decent, I'd say, but only because my mother put me through calligraphy classes while I was still a kid. Before that, it was like as if a drunkard on the verge of blacking out found a pen while lying on his own piss and started to link the constellations on paper.
Jul 31, 2019 6:52 AM

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I very rarely write anything by hand nowadays, and when I do it's almost always in print, not cursive, I'd have to say my handwriting is average at best.
here is a sample of my writing (with a mouse pad -.-):
http://sketchtoy.com/68999583
Summertime days, passing gently
Sunlight, leading to an encounter;
Dreams that don't want to end
Continue onwards toward the next day
While she waits in the air.
Jul 31, 2019 9:14 AM

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I always had nice handwritting, better than most of my friends (especially male ones). If I try and write slowly it can look beautiful. Of course, when I have to write fast, like when I taking notes in class, it looks really messy.
Jul 31, 2019 10:21 AM
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My handwriting is pretty terrible compared to my friends. I don't write a lot anymore, so it has gotten more terrible.
Jul 31, 2019 4:18 PM

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Noboru said:
fancyjasper said:
It's kind of freaky how accurate this is! Nice job! The way it's joined up is just like mine. The only differences is that i don't tend to form loops or write capital letters all curly. For example, my capital t would look like this. T
Thanks! Then you have a mix of cursive and print. In my "print" hand-writing, I use the small cursive "g" to make it easier to distinguish it from a "9".
Capital letters being curly is what makes it so stylish.

Though "Fraktur" is on a completely different level:



https://www.lettering-daily.com/fraktur-calligraphy/

𝔄𝔅ℭ𝔇𝔈𝔉𝔊ℌℑ𝔍𝔎𝔏𝔐𝔑𝔒𝔓𝔔ℜ𝔖𝔗𝔘𝔙𝔚𝔛𝔜ℨ𝔞𝔟𝔠𝔡𝔢𝔣𝔤𝔥𝔦𝔧𝔨𝔩𝔪𝔫𝔬𝔭𝔮𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔳𝔴𝔵𝔶𝔷 note: iOS doesn't support Fraktur.


fancyjasper said:
I'll have to write something when i get the chance. I actually can't member the last time i've written a sentence with pen and paper XD
Alright, I'm looking forward to it! ^^


I just wrote one of the poems from Higurashi.

@PantsuSenseiUwU Here's a real pic :3

Jul 31, 2019 4:23 PM
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We all have garbage handwriting lol
Aug 1, 2019 1:23 AM

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i feel like as i've gotten older i've started caring less and less about my handwriting. so at this point i only write things
for myself to read, which means that my handwriting usually looks like a mix of cursive and printed letters slanted
weirdly depending on how focused i am. but if i'm writing a formal letter or filling out an application form i do tend to
try a bit harder - but in general it just looks small and i think all of my friends write way better .-.


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Aug 1, 2019 2:14 AM

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Ever since I was a child, all of the people around me critised my handwriting, but it looked beautiful in my eyes. One time I snapped and I started to just don't care about it so I wrote extreemly ugly. I still have ptsd about it and I don't like to show to others my handwriting. Nowadays I don't write anymore, not in school or higher ed.
Aug 1, 2019 2:26 AM

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it's pretty bad. Most people can't really read it, except my teachers. Even I can sometimes barely read it. It can look good tho, but I'd have to write really slow.
Aug 1, 2019 2:35 AM
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I haven't really had any handwritten assignments since like Middle School (I'm currently in College) so maybe it's different now, but if I recall compared to most other men my handwriting was actually quite beautiful, but compared to most women it was still chicken scratch. Men's motor skills taking longer to develop than women's and just in general women have better handwriting, apparently given any handwriting 70% of people can guess the gender correctly. I don't know why but for some reason having a penis somehow impedes your ability to write neatly and having vagina somehow magically steadies your hand.
Aug 1, 2019 7:23 AM

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my handwriting looks ugly af but it’s readable.

my friend has the most beautiful handwriting in the entire school...no one can read it properly+he takes hours to finish writing a text
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Aug 1, 2019 8:58 AM

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Mine is quite neat naturally but during exams/taking study notes it can get messy. When i have the time i actually quite enjoy writing nicely in running writing as it can be relaxing.
Aug 1, 2019 9:17 AM
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What's the point?! the majority of people nowadays don't appreciate hand-writing anyway, it's rather much "cooler" for them to see, who's typing faster on the keyboard, or more precisely on mobile phones while their faces glued to the screen.
Aug 1, 2019 9:34 AM

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My handwriting is fine most of the time.

Some letters confuse other people a bit though with other letters.
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Aug 1, 2019 10:00 AM

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fancyjasper said:
I just wrote one of the poems from Higurashi.
Well done! :) Let's see whether I can decipher it, though :p



You do seem to start smaller case letters with a curl. I was confused at first because the curl makes it look like an additional "s". The "s" in the latter position reminds me of the "ß" (eszett). Almost didn't recognize the "f" because of it being mostly in the lower position.


Note: I normally only write in print letters (except for small "g"), but this makes for good practice! :D
Aug 1, 2019 2:20 PM

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Noboru said:
fancyjasper said:
I just wrote one of the poems from Higurashi.
Well done! :) Let's see whether I can decipher it, though :p



You do seem to start smaller case letters with a curl. I was confused at first because the curl makes it look like an additional "s". The "s" in the latter position reminds me of the "ß" (eszett). Almost didn't recognize the "f" because of it being mostly in the lower position.


Note: I normally only write in print letters (except for small "g"), but this makes for good practice! :D


Yay you got it right! :D

I believe the top paragraph is German isn't it?! The difficulty level is higher for deciphering yours but i'll give this part a shot anyway! ><

Bei jedem klugen wort von lokrates rief
Xanthirre uyninoh qiatsoh!
Stanleys expeditioning quer durol atrika wirrd von jedermanm gemnolent.


As you can probably tell, i don't know any German XD I can read the part that's in English okay though. Even if it's a bit difficult to read, if something is written in your own language it makes things a lot easier! I had no idea cursive numbers were even a thing. I've never seen joined up numbers in my life.

Your capital "T" looks extremely similar to a capital "J". I was confused for a little while there!
The answer to the question is the poem is from the Higurashi VN arc Watanagashi!
Honestly cursive is useful for writing quickly, but it has a lot of downsides to it. With print writing chances are everyone can understand it, but with cursive you have a 50/50 chance. Quite a few people in my class couldn't read my hand writing. Then again, i couldn't read a lot of theirs either!
Aug 1, 2019 2:35 PM
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"Who hurt you, who broke your hand."
I'm sorry, I know it's awful. When I try, you can read most of it tho.
Aug 1, 2019 2:41 PM
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My mom still hates me for me shit handwriting. Help.
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Aug 1, 2019 3:21 PM

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fancyjasper said:


Yay you got it right! :D

I believe the top paragraph is German isn't it?! The difficulty level is higher for deciphering yours but i'll give this part a shot anyway! ><

Thanks :D

Yep, but that's giving me more accurate feedback about where exactly my hand-writing is lacking. The first line looks surprisingly well. Noticed that my "p"'s don't come off as clearly as I thought they would be, save for the English example:


As you can probably tell, i don't know any German XD I can read the part that's in English okay though. Even if it's a bit difficult to read, if something is written in your own language it makes things a lot easier! I had no idea cursive numbers were even a thing. I've never seen joined up numbers in my life.
That can change xP. Yes, it's not only easier to interpret hand-writing when it's in your own language or at least a language you can read, but it also makes it easier to write. I haven't been used to writing by hand in English since I've typed way more in it. Which is why actually writing in German comes more natural to me. You might have noticed, but I even had to correct myself from accidentally capitalizing the nouns in English in mid-sentence.
I'm not sure about the numbers joining, either, but they look at least more curly:

http://freenumberstencils.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/number-stencils-3474.png

Not sure about the "7", because the middle stroke is missing:

https://www.pelikan.com/pulse/__v228/vfs-public/img/lehrer-info/monatsaktion/2002-11/schoenschriftUebung2.gif

Your capital "T" looks extremely similar to a capital "J". I was confused for a little while there!
You think so? They look totally different to me. The capital "J" has the curve and the lower position. I personally thought that my "u"s (no pun intended) and my "V"s (both upper and lower case) can easily get confused. Also, my "r"s (small "R") seem to vanish before small "s" or they end up looking like a small "n". And my "C" and my "S" (both capitalized) look kinda similar from my own point of view.

The answer to the question is the poem is from the Higurashi VN arc Watanagashi!
Honestly cursive is useful for writing quickly, but it has a lot of downsides to it. With print writing chances are everyone can understand it, but with cursive you have a 50/50 chance. Quite a few people in my class couldn't read my hand writing. Then again, i couldn't read a lot of theirs either!
Thanks for telling me the arc in which it came from!
That's pretty much why I've switched from cursive to print, but apparently, my cursive looks now much better than my print.
lol, then you better not become a teacher or anyone else who needs to read hand-written stuff! :p
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Maneki-Mew said:
"Who hurt you, who broke your hand."
I'm sorry, I know it's awful. When I try, you can read most of it tho.
No one assumes that for me, but rather expect my bad hand-writing to be the standard for me, lol

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i've been complimented on my handwriting, notes, stationery (my arsenal of muji stationery and mildliners!!) irl. i think my handwriting sustains itself in exams/tests except in literature exams— that's when i'm furiously scribbling 800-1000 word essays per hour of the exam smh qq
I can certainly see why you've been complimented much on your hand-written notes. They look quite neat! ^^ How much time do you spend per page?
I think your "scribbling" still looks much better than my attempts at writing neatly
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Its bad its completely bad, although everyone around me doesnt mind about my handwriting, but i know for sure that its really bad. I once let others saw my handwriting and read what i write, and they just had mistaken a letter as a scratch on my handwriting, thats just so hurts.
Aug 13, 2019 2:00 PM
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I don't often find myself in a position where I need to write by hand, but when I do, my handwriting style isn't that bad, because drawing has improved my handwriting abilities a lot.
Aug 13, 2019 4:16 PM

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my handwritting skills stopped progressing after like i was 11, it was shit back then and still is. People can read it, but its quite embarrassing showing it tbh xD Thank god writing in school is mostly done with computer.

Someone told me once that i draw/write nice curves though, don't know how to feel about that.
Aug 13, 2019 10:06 PM

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My handwriting is pretty good. Both in cursive and just normally written. I've had people compliment me on my handwriting. The only issue people have with my handwriting is how I write the lowercase letter f .

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My handwritings is considered fine by everybody but my family. They think it looks like a total garbage lol.


I got some friends who write in these small yet neat style that are definitely considered the best kind
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