Jan. 23 is National Handwriting Day, invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977 and pegged to John Hancock’s birthday. On this day, Big Pen encourages you to “use a pen or a ...

(TNS) — The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips. A new law will require all ...

“I like how my pencil feels on the paper when I write it,” Evi said from her classroom at Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington. “It’s very loopy.” Evi and her classmates are learning the art of ...

The handwriting is not on the walls of Midway Hills Academy. It’s on plain old-fashioned ruled notebook paper. And that ...

I type all day. I swipe and tap on my phone. I scribble notes to myself on paper. I’m happy with my mostly-digital life. But every now and then I’ll get a handwritten note—from an old lady, ...

If you're anything like me, you've completely forgotten how to write in cursive. Some people argue that's a shame, and that cursive is a wonderful, beautiful way of writing. Other people don't see why ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Cursive writing is a skill many of us learned growing up, but it's unfortunately not part of the mandatory curriculum in Michigan. As a result, many children are missing out on ...

A third-grader practices his cursive handwriting at P.S.166 in the Queens borough of New York. Mary Altaffer AP With the governor’s signature (no doubt in cursive), California Assembly Bill 446 was ...

When a playwright starts working on their play, they might not think about the format first. But once inspiration strikes, the structure of their script is what brings their vision to life on stage.

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...