I type all day. I swipe and tap on my phone. I scribble notes to myself on paper. I’m happy with my mostly-digital life. But every now and then I’ll get a handwritten note—from an old lady ...

The letters p,q,b, and d all look the same in print (don't believe me? Write them down right now on scrap paper) but different in cursive. In New Mexico, however, cursive is no longer a part of ...

Handwriting matters, but not cursive. The fastest, clearest handwriters join only some letters: making the easiest joins, skipping others, using print-like forms of letters whose cursive and ...

Reading cursive can be taught in 30 to 60 minutes, even to 5- or 6-year-olds (including those with dyslexia) once they read ordinary print. Educated adults increasingly quit cursive.

Cursive may be easier to write than print — for many, at least — but it’s harder to read. And besides, because so many cursive letters differ significantly from their printed equivalents, ...

Cursive letters are written on a chalkboard. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” ...