Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don ...

What’s something kids can’t do, but teachers don’t teach? If you answered “cursive,” write a flowing capital letter “A” by hand on your report card. Once a staple of classrooms and correspondence, ...

'Failing to follow these simple suggestions, you are likely to waste many hours, weeks, and months in useless practice.” That oft-repeated warning in Palmer Method instructional materials sounded ...

A recent column on the magnificent and eloquent handwriting of Sig Snyder - and Sig's soulful belief in the expressive importance of cursive - touched off a flood of response. Readers tended to put ...

The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all California ...

I am writing in response to your Sept. 24 article on cursive handwriting. About 25 years ago, I studied graphoanalysis, which is the study of handwriting to determine the personality and character of ...

Just how long have humans been using cursive writing? Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before his day ...

Excellent handwriting used to be the hallmark of an educated, thoughtful person. But who writes in longhand these days? I may be a writer, but when it comes to putting words down on paper, I’m a ...