My father wrote the most beautiful copperplate handwriting, but we used to say it was so good as he wrote so little adding bits to the letter my mother would write etc!! Because we moved and the schools used different styles I have a very mixed way of writing so may do one l with a loop and another with just l no loop, same with g and y etc. quite handy for a signature as it is a mix and not easy to copy I gather. My handwriting gets worse the longer I go on writing and this typing is obviously easier to read. However when I lived in Portugal and Syria, I used to send long letters, partly family things but also about daily life and what festivals etc were happening. These letters have been kept and some have gone to a social history collection, which is giving an idea of life in other places. It will be so difficult for people in the future, with people travelling more, not getting married or getting married abroad etc so all the clues of checking electoral roles or churchyards etc will have disappeared.Have been able to touchtype for many years so that is fine now for computers etc but personally I think birthday cards etc should be handwritten, with that personal touch. My son sent me a very pretty card for mothers day but I would still have preferred a hand written card from him. Not that I said anything of course except thankyou!! Keep doing both I think. I have mostly recipes typed in books etc but treasure special handwritten recipes that my mother sent me when I lived overseas. They are now very tatty pieces of paper but remind me of old times, making those special things that our family enjoyed and seeing my mothers handwriting when I make it.