John Hancock wouldn't recognize the handwriting taught in many schools today. And his loopy slanted script might as well be a foreign language to 21st century students. Time and technology have ...

Cursive writing is making a comeback. After being made optional in 2006, cursive will return this September as a mandatory part of the Ontario elementary school curriculum. Education Minister Stephen ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

The pandemic of Covid-19 startles the humanity out of slumber to embrace innovation for its survival on this earth. The journey from the keyboard of the typewriter to the keypad of the android mobile ...

Ruperto DeLaCruz has loved to write in of cursive since he learned the handwriting style two years ago. "It's easier and neater," DeLaCruz, 10, of Marlborough, said while relaxing at the Marlborough ...

With most writing happening on mobiles and laptops, writing in cursive style is out of vogue. It is not compulsory in schools as reading materials of students is only in print form. Soon, even ...

On the other hand, cursive and semi-cursive are both drawn in flowing strokes where the pen often doesn't leave the paper. There is a word in Chinese to describe this called lian bi (连笔), which means ...

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