Is handwriting like voices? (Everyone hates to see their own)

My handwriting sucks to the point that when I was at school, I’d walk along on my way there, looking at the sick note my mother had written for the previous day’s absence, marvel at the “grown-upness” of the writing, and seriously worry about the day I would be a parent and my son or daughter (age 8) would be called in for forging a note. Luckily, by the time it happened, we had PCs and printers, and I just signed the things…

I worked with engineers long ago, so I developed a style of printing based on draftsman printing: all caps, very legible. But it makes my hand cramp, so I really only use it for crosswords, filling in forms, and writing headers or addresses.

My cursive has changed a lot over the years. I like it pretty well, but I wish it were neater and more consistent. You can easily tell when my hand is getting tired and I don’t wish to write anymore. At least it’s legible, though. Hubby’s handwriting is pretty horrible.

I like my handwriting. I write in script with fancy capitals and swishes and I still write fast enough to take notes in it. I have no idea where I learned it; I must have taught it to myself sometime after I decided I didn’t like the cursive they taught me as a kid. The only person I’ve ever met with handwriting that looks remotely like mine learned it in grade school in Hong Kong, when it was still run by the British.

Hearing recordings of my spoken voice annoys me. On the other hand, recordings of my singing voice sound fine, or at least not terrible enough for me to care.

I fully acknowledge the fact that my handwriting is simply atrocious, but I don’t hate seeing it so much. It is what it is, to use a popular phrase :stuck_out_tongue:

I don’t have any delusions about the importance of what I write, in general, but I simply don’t have the time to write well. My god, I wait on people at my job who take a full 5-10 seconds to sign their credit card slips, ferchrissakes! Sure, it looks nice, but let’s move the line along!

Joe

Well, considering I’m the one who has to deal with reading all my notes again and again, I kinda have to like my handwriting, or else change it.

Though actually, I kinda like it because it’s so spontaneous and weird- I’ve learned a mish-mash of different cursive styles as a kid, and was forced to use cursive all through middle school. Then when I got to a new High school- they said nah- just go with the print format.
And so it was like a new world of freedom for me. Unfortunately, just like the American Language, I retained bits and pieces of the old stuff that I liked or remembered or was drilled into me. And ever since then my handwriting has been an exercise in deciphering.
I love it though as it conveys my emotions and thoughts very well by the LOOK of it, however, others HATE trying to read it for its chaotic nature.

Ah well.

I usually dislike my handwriting. Sometimes if I’ve had to write a lot it improves to the point that I’m satisfied with it. I very rarely write much these days so the little I do doesn’t please me at all.

Oddly, others seem to like my handwriting. Just today a colleague remarked how neat she thought it was.

Right handed.

I like my handwriting. Well, I have two styles of writing, print and cursive. My print has gotten much nicer in the last few years, because I write a lot on the board for my students to read and I want it to be legible. My cursive has gotten worse, but it’s still pretty good. I’d post a sample, but I don’t have my camera on me at the moment.

I’m right handed.

I don’t hate my handwriting, but I recognize that it gets illegible after about half an A4 page or so of writing. Also, I can’t seem to write at all without gripping the pen really, really hard. If I hold it any looser - total scribble. This is a problem in written exams and such (ugh - I have so many exams coming up!) as my hand is sore and my writing is illegible after about 10 minutes.

There are ways to improve your handwriting? Even my print is damn near illegible.

I write in a journal to help calm my mind and after about a page or so I start getting really pissed off because my handwriting is so atrocious. But hey, at least I know the contents are safe because I can’t even read it.

Right-handed soprano.

I’ve worked on my handwriting since I was in fourth grade, and these days, I get a lot of compliments on it. It’s a mix of cursive and manuscript, and it tends to be very tidy and loopy at the same time. I also buy pens which I think complement my writing style. So, yes, I like my handwriting very much.

Hearing a recording of my voice is pretty jarring, because it doesn’t sound like what I hear in my head when I talk or sing. Given enough time to get over the discomfort, I do like the sound of my voice. I’ve taken singing lessons, and I’ve gotten a whole lot of compliments, which I’ve worked hard to earn.

Rightie checking in. My handwriting is generally legible and I don’t dislike it at all.

My voice on the other hand makes me cringe. I play on Xbox Live quite a bit and often I can hear myself in the headset. I hate it and don’t see how it doesn’t just annoy the hell out of anyone that hears it.

I like mine, both script and printing. I get a lot of comments about how “neat” both are, which is unusual considering I’m a lefty. It’s small, regular, and very legible.

I think it’s slightly childish-looking though, like an 8th grader’s best attempt at neatness. No one’s told me this, but…

I love my handwriting, but everyone’s their own worst critic and I see there are always areas for improvement. However, I feel I especially shine when I do math. I’ve been told by several professors and fellow students that I write the neatest, tidiest equations and graphs they’ve ever seen.

I had some of the most atrocious penmanship as a kid. I started off by forcing myself to write slower and that made all the difference. The speed increased as I got older.

Edit: I’m right-handed.