By the late 1970s, another method (known as D’Nealian) took over. After that, cut to: computers, the ubiquity of smartphones, and a generation that largely can’t read cursive.

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Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or ...

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