Show us your handwriting

[Penelope]

A while ago, there was a day on G+ where people would scan in copies of something they had written in order to show their cursive writing. The hashtag used was #showusyourcursive. Since I was educated in a Catholic school that still taught handwriting as part of the elementary curriculum, I figured I should participate. I wrote down a poem that I had memorized in fourth grade (another typical part of a Catholic school curriculum) and scanned it in to post on G+. So, here's mine:



Care to show us your handwriting?

[EcceQuamBonum]

Penelope, you have quite beautiful cursive, admirable for its regularity.  (And I think your capital Hs are lovely!)  I have a somewhat distinctive hand, but, unfortunately, it's quite erratic in the shape of its letterforms.

I'll post a sample later on.  I'll be a bit embarrassed to follow this example, though.     

[Penelope]

Gee, thanks.    My handwriting pales in comparison to that of a friend of mine, though. He writes in perfect Palmer method. We took a couple philosophy classes together in college and he would sit there in lecture and write a perfect outline in perfect Palmer script every day. Rather impressive.

[Bonaventure]

Care to show us your handwriting?

We should pick a common text to be written.

[Penelope]

I love for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

[Bonaventure]

I did it for you, Penelope.



For some reason it's horizontal. Oh well.

[Kaesekopf]

I need to write this out and do it.

I love my handwriting.

[EcceQuamBonum]

I did it for you, Penelope.



For some reason it's horizontal. Oh well.

I don't see it?  Am I the only one?

[Bonaventure]

I did it for you, Penelope.



For some reason it's horizontal. Oh well.

I don't see it?  Am I the only one?

I hope not.

[EcceQuamBonum]

I did it for you, Penelope.



For some reason it's horizontal. Oh well.

I don't see it?  Am I the only one?

I hope not.

Hmm...There it is!  How odd.

[Penelope]

I see it. Not bad, for a dude.

[Bonaventure]

I see it. Not bad, for a dude.

Hahaha

[EcceQuamBonum]

Okay, here goes nothing.  I accidentally added a comma before "though" in line two.  A bit of an impromptu textual emendation on my part.  (Though, given the vexed history of Frost editing, perhaps not entirely out of line...    )

I also threw in a quick, brown fox for good measure.

[Eliza]

I'm not very computer literate. I know how to copy and paste a picture from the internet, but can I post one from the pictures saved on my phone? If so, how?

I love writing in cursive.

*edited for typo

[EcceQuamBonum]

Gee, thanks.    My handwriting pales in comparison to that of a friend of mine, though. He writes in perfect Palmer method. We took a couple philosophy classes together in college and he would sit there in lecture and write a perfect outline in perfect Palmer script every day. Rather impressive.

This is particularly enviable.  I wish I had the time to learn a method like Palmer.  Part of the problem is that I control the pen with my hand, rather than my arm, so I have much less control over how I form my letters.  Thus inconsistencies develop. 

The handwriting I have now is mostly the result of my sitting around for hours as a child practicing my handwriting (though "practice" implies something more systematic than it actually was).  We only received a year of cursive instruction in public school; I figure students now receive none whatsoever.  All the same, the only C I ever earned in school was in third-grade handwriting!  So, my handwriting is mostly a development since then, which explains its idiosyncrasies.  (For instance, you'll note I don't use the cursive lowercase b and have only recently begun using the capital I.)  But I'd love to learn a more formal script someday.  Most people are blown away that I even know how to write in cursive at all...