# What's your handwriting like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169 "2008-10-29T23:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Vox\_Imperatoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Vox\_Imperatoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vox_Imperatoris)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/21 "2008-10-30T17:39:56Z")
I don’t have a camera right now, so I can’t post a picture of my handwriting, but I always use cursive. My print looks really bad, like a first grader learning how to make the letters. By the way, **Silver Tyger Girl** , your cursive is much more legible than your print. Valete, Vox Imperatoris ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/22 "2008-10-30T18:10:36Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > By the way, **Silver Tyger Girl** , your cursive is much more legible than your print. If you say so. I can’t read it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/23 "2008-10-30T18:22:18Z")
Two stories that should illustrate how bad my handwriting is. 1. I sat in the front row of a big lecture class at Penn State. One day before class, the professor saw me looking over notes I’d taken from an earlier class. “That’s impressive,” he said, “so few people know how to take shorthand.” I wasn’t writing my notes in shorthand. 1. When I was at Oxford and was looking for a part-time job to make ends meet, my supervisor suggested I transcribe the Old Members’ ledger for our college. “You’re perfect for that job.” Why? I asked. “You have the worst handwriting in the world. Whoever wrote that has the second-worst handwriting in the world. You’re the only person who could read it.” I don’t have a scanner-and-photo host service combo ready. You’re going to have to imagine it for yourself. I can’t even describe how awful it is. Imagine a cross between the way Woodstock “talks” in the comic strip “Peanuts” ( “||||| ||| ||| || |||| ||” ) plus random loops and whorls like a fingerprint. Actually, it’s probably worse than that. Believe me, my handwriting is bad. Really, really bad. Imagine the worst handwriting you’ve seen. It’s much, much worse than that. When I’m at my worst only I can read it. Actually, sometimes I can’t read it either. It’s probably what I’ll be known for after I go. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/24 "2008-10-30T18:27:42Z")
Oh, by the way: I looked at everyone else’s handwriting here. Compared to mine, even the writing of people who thought their handwriting was illegible looked like fine calligraphy. I had no trouble at all understanding what everyone else had written; I sometimes can’t make out what I’ve written _and I see it every day_. OK, now I’m going to have to scare up a scanner and a flickr account so you can see this. I swear I’m telling the truth about how bad my handwriting is. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/25 "2008-10-30T18:35:30Z")
My handwriting is so poor that I won’t even post it. I think way faster than my hand can move. Cursive takes longer for me than printing so it’s unreadable. If I TRY to be neat it looks like I’m in 3rd grade. Printing is not much neater but at least its legible. I almost never write anymore unless I’m taking notes. I can type much faster than I print so nearly all my correspondence is via computer. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/26 "2008-10-30T19:38:44Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > It appears my [handwriting](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file004/IMG_0429.jpg) and my photography both leave a bit to be desired. I like you’re handwriting! > [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > [(PDF!) Here’s](http://agent.foxtrot.googlepages.com/Adam-001.pdf) a scan of some math I did during downtime at work. OMG, looking at that made my brain hurt. Not because of the writing, but because of the content. You math geeks amaze me. I think I’ll go lie down now and recover. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169/27 "2008-10-30T19:57:11Z")
Here’s a [sample](http://www.flickr.com/photos/troubleagain/2717051018/in/set-72157605849341826/)I did for a handwriting meme on LiveJournal. \*\*3acresandatruck \*\*your handwriting is both legible and attractive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-handwriting-like/470169.md?page=1)