Excellent handwriting used to be the hallmark of an educated, thoughtful person. But who writes in longhand these days? I may be a writer, but when it comes to putting words down on paper, I’m a ...

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 else they don ...

Words are an essential means of communication, yet how we put them down in writing has been continuously shaped over time by technologies, cultural and business needs, and education. Once a universal ...