I have a deep love of fountain pens. I’m not a collector. But since I was a little kid watching my mom making out her bills with a gray Esterbrook pen, I’ve been fascinated. There’s that arcane ...

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 ...

Is learning cursive writing essential for developing young minds, or is it an outdated skill being championed by nostalgic policymakers? The question sparked a lively and personal debate on a recent ...

Child Handwriting Development Tips: Here are some tips for parents to improve your child's handwriting. You may have heard many people say that a person's handwriting changes his or her life. And, if ...

University of Iowa provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t ...

More than a decade after it was phased out in most schools, elementary school students in California will begin learning cursive writing next year — thanks to a new law. Let's take a moment now for a ...

Have you written a letter or signed your name and then stopped, self-conscious about the state of your cursive? Can anyone really read this? Should I start over? Maybe I should just scribble something ...