Handwriting is still a necessary skill IMO, and doing it in cursive
is MUCH faster than lifting the pencil for every letter!
My 'printing' is faster than my cursive. Who says the pencil has to be lifted for every letter? My printing is all caps and there is usually a trace of ink or pencil between the letters.
Though sometimes when writing very neatly my pen or pencil is lifted between letters.
In college, one of my classes was in calligraphy. That isn't used often.
jtk
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