# Have word processors really diminshed the importance of cursive?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-word-processors-really-diminshed-the-importance-of-cursive/497661 "2009-05-26T11:14:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-word-processors-really-diminshed-the-importance-of-cursive/497661/41 "2009-05-28T04:34:40Z")

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Loopy cursive is unattractive, slow, illegible, and many of the letters do not make any sense.

Italic cursive is what I use and what I teach my students. It’s basically joined printing. It’s beautiful, easy and fast to learn, and makes writing really fast. I should scan one of my fifth grader’s handwriting…wow! He has the most gorgeous italic cursive I’ve ever seen.

Here’s a FAQ:

[http://www.cep.pdx.edu/titles/italic\_series/faq.shtml](http://www.cep.pdx.edu/titles/italic_series/faq.shtml)

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