▲ 588 ▼ I've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned. (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 430 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) I thought cursive was the American word for joined up handwriting, but reading this thread I don't really get what it means. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [S] 6 points 2 years ago No, you're right. That's just called cursive here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago From what I understand after reading a bunch of calligraphy books (both modern and 19th century), there two ways to use the word. Most Americans use the word cursive to mean some form of joined writing, usually something like business penmanship (or a business script). These are usually descendants from English roundhand and spencerian. However the word can also be used to describe a scale between cursive and gothic. The more gothic a script is the more times the penman lifts their pen. The more cursive a script is, the less the pen will be lifted off the page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [S] 6 points 2 years ago No, you're right. That's just called cursive here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago From what I understand after reading a bunch of calligraphy books (both modern and 19th century), there two ways to use the word. Most Americans use the word cursive to mean some form of joined writing, usually something like business penmanship (or a business script). These are usually descendants from English roundhand and spencerian. However the word can also be used to describe a scale between cursive and gothic. The more gothic a script is the more times the penman lifts their pen. The more cursive a script is, the less the pen will be lifted off the page. permalink fedilink source parent
