A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed legislation requiring cursive handwriting instruction in public and private elementary schools. Supporters argue cursive writing has cognitive and ...

I speak a lot, and I write a lot. But I must admit that my penmanship has greatly deteriorated over the years. Before personal computers became common, my penmanship was considered less than stellar.

National Handwriting Day, celebrated on January 23rd, honors the artistry and personal touch of handwriting. Established in 1977 to recognize John Hancock's iconic signature, this day highlights ...

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War-era documents. So far, more than ...

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The National Archives needs help from people with a special set of skills–reading cursive. The archival bureau is seeking volunteer citizen archivists to help them classify and/or transcribe ...

But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school. That’s why the National Archives is looking for volunteers who can help ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like ... S was sometimes written as a “long s” and looked like an F) and even children’s doodles over top. And many obsolete terms ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like ... S was sometimes written as a “long s” and looked like an F) and even children’s doodles over top. And many obsolete terms ...

If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

One consequence of our digital age is a decline in cursive, the flowing style of penmanship once considered a common skill. While plenty of people still sign their name in cursive, being able to ...