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Handwriting... a lost art?

by Johnathan
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How many people think that say, in 10 years, if you know how to write by hand (more than simply your signature), it will be like you are a great artist?

With the proliferation of typing, texting, messaging, e-mail, voice conferencing, videos, etc, etc.. and the fact that schools are starting to use computers as the primary source for recording/educating... (not only as a supplement, but a replacement for older 'traditional' methods)... what will you think will happen to handwriting...?

The same way historians look back on ancient civilizations, and said 'wow, they used hieroglyphics!'... do you think it will get to the point (maybe only 10 years) --'wow, you actually wrote stuff by hand? how does that work? what a mystery!'

AND... as a BONUS for reading this (sorry, had to add that, this is an internet marketing forum )

When is the last time you actually hand wrote a page? Standard 8.5x11?
#art #handwriting #lost
  • Profile picture of the author lakshaybehl
    Just today...

    I write a page or two of pieces of copy every morning.

    Plus, I am writing a lot on whiteboards when I teach Physics.
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  • Profile picture of the author alancol
    Interesting point -- beside signatures on checks (which I'm using fewer of because of auto-bill pay), I write very little or have little desire to. It's slower, more illegible and more pedantic and just keyboarding. Interesting where penmanship classes in first and second grades will be going in the future....
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    You know, I can barely write any more, because I do so little. And I"m so bad at it any more...

    When I write a check, I have to void at least 1/3 of them because of some simple mistake.

    It's to the point I can't even read my own handwriting, which now resembles a bad mix of hieroglyphics (as Jonathan said) and chicken tracks.
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    • Profile picture of the author R Hagel
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      You know, I can barely write any more, because I do so little. And I"m so bad at it any more...

      When I write a check, I have to void at least 1/3 of them because of some simple mistake.

      It's to the point I can't even read my own handwriting, which now resembles a bad mix of hieroglyphics (as Jonathan said) and chicken tracks.
      Wow, I could have written this post. I'm exactly like Kurt -- I can barely read my own handwriting, and I even have problems writing checks.

      My handwriting has always been pretty awful, but it's really gone downhill in the last 7 years (since I got out of grad school and no longer needed to take notes in class). Now I even find that if I try to write more than a few lines, my hand cramps.

      cheers,
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  • Profile picture of the author maknmoney
    i write every day on the book to note down the notes and for studying and practice purposes.
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    • Profile picture of the author jimmymc
      It won't matter much...because by then no one will be able to spell anything.
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      • Profile picture of the author Wakunahum
        As a lefty, I can care less to write by hand.
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        • Profile picture of the author Barbara Eyre
          While I write everyday, I do not write for others ... I do a lot of note taking when I work on the computer. I write nearly everything down.

          But the quality of my handwriting has taken a nose-dive over the last several years due to constantly being on the computer.

          Kind of sad really. Handwriting of my grandparents' era was so much nicer overall than now. And then go back an additional 100 years or so ... the script was beautiful.

          Now you have people who have been through school and yet can barely write their own names or simple words. Scary and sad.
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  • Profile picture of the author Christie Love
    I used to have beautiful handwriting. Now, it's completely shot to heck. I write like a kindergartner. It's embarrassing and I can't fix it.
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      I send 10 - 12 handwritten notes each week, so I stay in practice.
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  • Profile picture of the author valerieSONORA
    SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! There you are!!!! Don't make me hunt you down!! I've been looking for you!! Where have u been??? Look at my tweeeeeeets. Have you been hiding from me again???
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    • Profile picture of the author ShayB
      Originally Posted by valerieSONORA View Post

      SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! There you are!!!! Don't make me hunt you down!! I've been looking for you!! Where have u been??? Look at my tweeeeeeets. Have you been hiding from me again???
      LOL I have been tweeting you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Brian
    I found out my hands are becoming sucky at hand writing when I filled up several raffle tickets a few months ago. I thought to myself "I've prolly been computing too long..."
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    My handwriting is better today than ever before for some reason which I have no explanation for. Maybe it is because I do the quick stuff on Open Office and when I do write by hand I take more time to do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author ecoverartist
    I wouldn't think in 10 years, but in 100 years, I'm willing to bet that anything handwritten will be on display in a museum.
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  • Profile picture of the author DarioMontesdeOca
    You have a good point here. I pretty much forgot how to handwrite after leaving school except for my signature. With more and more kids and students using todays technology I imagine it's being used much less than it was ten years ago.
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