# How's you handwriting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 3, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092 "2008-02-03T16:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/61 "2008-02-05T01:12:44Z")
My handwriting is atrocious, even though I always got an A is penmanship in elementary school. My handwriting was straight from the LA Unified School District text book back then. It has deteriorated badly since then, but being an engineer, I’ve only had to write about 10 papers in college, having been there before the advent of word processors. My printing is all caps, and varies from terrific when I take my time to illegible when playing Boggle (good for cheating) or writing a shopping list (which makes it pretty worthless sometimes). When writing in my Moleskin journal, it is usually pretty good because I like it to look nice. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/62 "2008-02-05T03:02:42Z")
As I showed in the [MPSIMS thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9442166#post9442166), my printing is generally legibile and I can make it even neater if the situation calls for it. My script writing is about non-existant and the only thing I write in cursive is my signature. Which looks like a mess and is missing half the letters in my last name. ---
**Author:** ![chocolatefrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocolatefrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chocolatefrog)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/63 "2008-02-05T17:11:58Z")
A jumble of print and bastardised cursive. I’d say it’s readable, but YMMV. I’ve had people thinking my v’s were r’s and vice versa. I never did well in penmanship class unlike many of the other girls who would painstakingly write letter by letter. And I have the easiest signature to forge because I can’t be bothered to do anything more than scrawl my name. If I could sign with an X I would :D. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/64 "2008-02-05T18:26:56Z")
[QUOTE=chocolatefrog] And I have the easiest signature to forge because I can’t be bothered to do anything more than scrawl my name. [/QUOTE] Actually - my impression is that it’s harder to convincingly fake a scribble signature, rather than a more ‘legible’ one where each individual letter is recognizable. So, of course, the improved security is one excuse I use to explain why my signature looks like three stylized scribbles. ---
**Author:** ![twopiecesofeight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@twopiecesofeight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twopiecesofeight)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/65 "2008-02-05T21:41:59Z")
Hope the links works: [It’s snack time!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/95725659@N00/2244467183/) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/66 "2008-02-06T00:08:18Z")
My employees have set policy that all notes-memos-notices will be done in Word, and printed. I’m not allowed to write. So I use [this font](http://www.dafont.com/administrator-pass.font?nb_ppp=50) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/67 "2008-02-06T00:29:11Z")
[QUOTE=twopiecesofeight] Hope the links works: [It’s snack time!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/95725659@N00/2244467183/) [/QUOTE] Damn, dude. [This is mine.](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/handwriting.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/68 "2008-02-06T00:52:17Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] My employees have set policy that all notes-memos-notices will be done in Word, and printed. I’m not allowed to write. So I use [this font](http://www.dafont.com/administrator-pass.font?nb_ppp=50) [/QUOTE] And we’re to understand that that is a significant improvement over your penmanship. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/69 "2008-02-06T15:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] And we’re to understand that that is a significant improvement over your penmanship. :eek: [/QUOTE] [yup](http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/?action=view¤t=writing.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/70 "2008-02-06T15:57:25Z")
Hee! That’s a cool font. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/71 "2008-02-06T18:37:00Z")
Mine varies, when writing something quick, a quick signature on a credit card slip or something similar, my handwriting is horrible, beyond illegible If i’m jotting down quick notes in ballpoint/rollerball, it tends to be, certainly not neat, at least somewhat readable If i’m taking time and writing in fountain pen, my writing actually becomes rather readable, it’s not neat, but it’s getting better, and fountain pens are helping, as I don’t have to grip them in the BP Death Grip that makes my handwriting look like a chicken that has eaten a bunch of inebriated spiders and is suffering from a contact buzz, oh and the chicken is stoned to boot 😉 basically, if I have to use BP, _I_ can barely read my writing Thank Og for fountain pens 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/72 "2008-02-06T19:19:21Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] [yup](http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/?action=view¤t=writing.jpg) [/QUOTE] FWIW, I read that more easily than I did the font you showed us. When I get a chance to use a scanner I’ll show a sample of my sig, and some casual writing. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092/73 "2008-02-06T20:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] FWIW, I read that more easily than I did the font you showed us. When I get a chance to use a scanner I’ll show a sample of my sig, and some casual writing. [/QUOTE] I know - I used that font because it is (and I am) EVIL 🙂 …but all-in-all my writing’s still pretty bad. My Lab guys are the “they” in my sig. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-you-handwriting/436092.md?page=3)