NDRU said:

Alej said:

Let's all do it!

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holy shit your printing is perfect!!

it reminds me of the font Lemonade

ZombieKitten said:

NDRU said:

holy shit your printing is perfect!!

it reminds me of the font Lemonade

They would call my writing Letter Dump

HotGritz said:

vainandy said:

I've never understood the fascination with texting. They're already punching buttons on a phone so just dial the damn number and talk to the person.

ya know?

Although I have a problem actually saying "BRING YO DICK". I'd rather text that.

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

That should be Like

JerseyKRS said:

here's my sample.

my best writing, my normal writing, and............

my cursive.

!

ZombieKitten said:

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

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you have nice witing

Why can't I post photos?! I feel like Muse!

NDRU said:

ZombieKitten said:

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

That should be Like

you have nice witing

Why can't I post photos?! I feel like Muse!

come on Andy! You can figure this out!!

at least I have my words

but now I can't even post emoticons

NDRU said:

at least I have my words

but now I can't even post emoticons

get a different browser, this is nuts

NDRU said:

Alej said:

Let's all do it!

[img:$uid]http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/theodore_3121/Untitled.png[/img:$uid]

holy shit your printing is perfect!!

Thanks

ZombieKitten said:

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

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That's hot.

ZombieKitten said:

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

That should be Like

Very nice and neat, but difficult to read. After I mail you my letter, perhaps you should print or type your reply instead.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

I've kind of only got one style of writing, I just tried to write 3 different ways, but they all looked the same! All caps killed me, I'm too impatient

That should be Like

Very nice and neat, but difficult to read. After I mail you my letter, perhaps you should print or type your reply instead.

You think so, IMO it's easy to read. A million times easier than my writing for sure . If I write something it usually is very hard and sometimes impossible for me to read it later myself . I remember when I did my final exams at school I was way more worried that they might not be able to read what I wrote than about the actual content .

Shanti0608 said:

obsessed said:

See I find that refreshing....handwritten letters shouldn't die just because we

don't 'need' to write. I say "buck the system"....there's nothing wrong with

'old school'.

Nothing wrong with old school. I still write out and send thank you letters when possible. My best friend lives 5000 miles from me now and she does not have a computer. She is in her 60's and is afraid of computers so going to the library to use one doesn't happen. We have to rely on writing letters most of the time. I do try to call her once a month or so but when funds are tight, we have to rely on pen & paper! We actually send one another photos on photo paper.

On the text message topic, it is a nice way to drop a quick note. I wish my mom could figure out texting and realise that she does have it on her phone. It would be helpful in emergencies, right now we have to rely on emails and yahoo.

I hate when ppl type in text shortcut.

Yes, I am old.

One of my sisters lives in another state...she doesn't have a computer or

a cell phone, so we rely on her land line and letters to one another. We also

exchange photos like you do.

As for text messaging, my daughter and I exchange them often. She's very

busy (in another state also), so this is a simple way for her to communicate

when she's on the fly. If we talk on the phone, we always end up talking

for at least an hour (usually longer), even if we think we're not going to

I'm not big on text shortcut either, so I refuse to even learn it

jone70 said:

Yes. I use cursive almost exclusively, although I've adapted a few letters to my own so it's not exactly like how we were taught in elementary school.

I sometimes get compliments on my handwriting. Maybe I'll try to post a sample later tonight or this weekend.

It was much harder to for me to write normally when I was trying to make a sample! I think it's easier for me to write nicely when I'm just writing my own thoughts and not so focused.

Here is a sample of my typical "everyday" writing, taken from my notes of a curator's lecture (you can see that spelling is not my strong suit!):

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Here is a sample of me trying to make something for this thread:

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I had a really hard time just straight printing; as you can see some of my letters connect together like in cursive. The middle section is supposed to be my "best" writing, but I don't feel like it looks that nice. The bottom section is supposed to be "everyday" writing.

sextonseven said:

NDRU said:

Machaela said:

Maybe for some

Maybe it's my 8-10 grade drafting class lettering because mine do not usually blend

Do you have any tips on improving my penmanship? I feel like my writing reflects badly on me.

Write backwards and with the opposite hand ?

JK ~ I really don't ...except practice (?)

PunkMistress said:

I love texting. I really dislike talking on the phone. I rarely answer my cell when it rings. But I'll respond to a text in 0.05 seconds!

Same !

Cursive is gorgeous, especially when a teacher had neat writing when learning it. However when I read notes at work in cursive, it takes me twice as long to read it from printing. I don't mind it though, and I think I write faster in cursive, but tend to have messy printing when taking quick notes and some of the letter join together.

Machaela said:

PunkMistress said:

I love texting. I really dislike talking on the phone. I rarely answer my cell when it rings. But I'll respond to a text in 0.05 seconds!

Same !

I'm not so weird after all!

There are only a handful of ppl I can talk to on the phone without feeling really uncomfortable. Keep it to a minute or less and I'm usually ok. If the phone rings and it's not my wife I'm often filled with dread.

But we still need to learn how to write in cursive in order to send thank you notes.

I feel it should still be taught. I love writing in cursive, and that is all I do. But I also still love sending and receiving snail mail.

Machaela said:

NDRU said:

Do you have any tips on improving my penmanship? I feel like my writing reflects badly on me.

Write backwards and with the opposite hand ?

JK ~ I really don't ...except practice (?)

I actually have done that! But not to improve penmanship, rather just because Leonardo Da Vinci did it

JerseyKRS said:

Serious said:

sextonseven said:

Very nice and neat, but difficult to read. After I mail you my letter, perhaps you should print or type your reply instead.

You think so, IMO it's easy to read. A million times easier than my writing for sure . If I write something it usually is very hard and sometimes impossible for me to read it later myself . I remember when I did my final exams at school I was way more worried that they might not be able to read what I wrote than about the actual content .

Yes, many of the characters are not fully formed. The Vs look too much like Rs. I think because it's not traditional cursive, but more of a unique combination of cursive and print is what's confusing me. Asthetically though, it looks very nice. Much nicer than my cursive.

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

Very nice and neat, but difficult to read. After I mail you my letter, perhaps you should print or type your reply instead.

You can write back to me in that way--just include a print or typed translation with the letter.

sextonseven said:

Fauxie said:

Machaela said:

Same !

I'm not so weird after all!

There are only a handful of ppl I can talk to on the phone without feeling really uncomfortable. Keep it to a minute or less and I'm usually ok. If the phone rings and it's not my wife I'm often filled with dread.

OMG, same here! Even if it's my mom or some other utterly non-threatening/non-stressful person.

PunkMistress said:

Fauxie said:

I'm not so weird after all!

There are only a handful of ppl I can talk to on the phone without feeling really uncomfortable. Keep it to a minute or less and I'm usually ok. If the phone rings and it's not my wife I'm often filled with dread.

OMG, same here! Even if it's my mom or some other utterly non-threatening/non-stressful person.