I prefer writing in cursive. It looks fancier.
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If the only time you have to physically write something is a very rare occasion requiring a signature, why does it matter if you write it in cursive or not?
And if the only time you have to read physical writing is in relation to signatures, then it definitely doesn't matter because most people's signatures aren't legible regardless and - unless someone signs their name Mickey Mouse or some such nonsense - you're basically never in a position to look at someone and say 'this isn't your signature' anyway, unless you're in a very particular profession.
The majority in my world are moving to using things like DocuSign in place of physical signatures.
Cursive is essentially redundant from a day to day perspective - when communication needs to be clear and easily understood there is no benefit to additional barriers. I see it more like calligraphy and the like where it is a stylistic choice and if you want to write poetry or do some designs then great but if I have to read notes and try to figure out what your have written (as it isn't like using Lucidia Handwriting on a computer, everyone does it differently and not all as legible as each other) when I'm reading your notes on a set of accounts then I do think you can kindly fuck the fuck off
And in a LOT of documents, there are two sections at the end... print your name and sign your name. So you, what, print it twice?
And you sign your on more than just physical documents, you also sign your name on those electric tablets, either with one of those electronic pens or your finger.
And it's not as rare an occasion as you think. Unless you never go to the bank. Or never use a credit card. Or renew your health insurance at your job. Or go to an Urgent Care/hospital/doctor's office for whatever reason. Or have to sign any kind of legal document.
Yeah, people have hardly ever had to do any of those things.
No one has done that for nearly two decades.
Both my wife and I do so on virtually every credit card purchase at a restaurant, store, or anywhere that uses cards. The only difference is instead of it usually being on a paper like in years past, it's on an eletronic tablet.
Same thing, just a different technology using it.
If that's your signature, then yes. Why is that hard to understand?
I've seen tons of signatures that are literally just someone's initials. Or even a single initial followed by a big line. All that matters is that you always use the same signature.
Last time I went to a bank was years ago. Everything's electronic and does not require signatures, but electronic id instead.
I only use credit cards online, it never requires a signature.
This is also electronic and requires no new signature.
Was in the hospital for a week a few years ago. Not a single signature required.
That also has been years since the last time I had to.
Clarification, do you live in the U.S.?
Because that may be why you have such a vastly different experience.
Cursive! With big bold loops. It's been a trip deciphering his writing to type up his letters.
I'm honestly amazed that you have such a find. It's not just a family heirloom, but a piece of actual history. Reading about that era through the perspective of someone living it, in basically real time.
This sounds like a real treat to me.
It was! He wrote home at least once a week, all thru flying cadet training, a year sitting on his ass waiting to be assigned, a month of duty on Hawaii, a month in combat in the Pacific.... his letters trailed off when he was stuck on Okinawa, serving out his enlistment, for 10 months after the war ended, 'cause he was bored to tears.
But I went thru 3 1/2 years of letters describing the whole experience. I wrote it up as a biography, but at 92 pages, it might be a bit much for people who didn't know him.
You don't have electronic chip and PIN ?
I used to work in a shop and years ago we routinely refused anyone trying to pay with something you had to sign with.
Not using cursive, anyway. I actually do have to sign forms on a regular basis at my job. My signature is just a squiggle vaguely shaped like my initials. I do the same thing when I do have to sign stuff at the bank. I've never had any issues.
Well, I know it's not being taught in school anymore. My eleven year old nephew had no idea what cursive even was when my parents asked him about it. Tells me all I need to about how relevant it is in modern times.
It's funny, I remember when I was eight my teacher told the class we'd need to use cursive because "everyone uses it in the grown-up world." But by the time I was a teenager no one was using it anymore, and indeed, I've never had to use cursive as a grown up.
Ha. I used to have handwriting so neat it looked like it was typeset. Now I’ll take notes in a meeting and look at them later and it’s just illegible scratching.
That's why I like writing as much as I can IRL, I get enough typing practice as is.And I can barely write in print any more, much less cursive. Been typing so long, the muscle memory for writing is atrophied. The few times I have to write out a physical check I have to stop for a minute to call up the writing program from my brain.
Writing IRL is also good for your memory.
I usually use Japanese Stationary that I get from either JetPens.com or other fine e-tail or retail outlets that sell real Japanese Stationary.
JetPens even has it's own YouTube Channel that shows off the superior quality, thoughtfulness, & innovation of your average Japanese Stationary compared to most American Counterparts.
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