Cursive?

Hi, folkieos!

It’s me: Asker Of Dumb Questions!

I was just doodling recently, and I wondered, “Where did cursive writing come from?”

I mean, I’ve come across instances where people talk about cursive examples of non-English languages-- so it must not be an English thing.

What’s the what? Who decided what was a cursive example of a letter and what was just scribbling?

And who were those Palmer people, back in the day?

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dewpickedfrog

To my understanding, Cursive is just the consequence of writing fast - with the “joiny-uppie” bits being where the pen/quill drags across the page…

This site seems to agree as far as numbers were concerned:

But I stand to be corrected.

Gp

Another site that supports this assertation

From Scribeworx

Gp

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