How is your hand-writing these days?

Georgesgran

My writing used to be quite good, but decidedly mediocre now. My Dad has the most incredible, stylish and legible writing almost to the day he died.

That reminded me of how neat and precise my dad’s writing was. His spelling was always accurate too - amazing when he left school at 14. Same with my mum. The three Rs were obviously taught well.

Thanks all, very interesting. Beechnut, you did make me giggle.

In a way, I am glad most find that hand-writing has worsened, and that probably lack of practice due to use of computer, etc, is to blame, as well as 'age'!

I shall be able to reassure my sis in law, who was quite shocked recently that she found it hard to write a long BD card with lengthy message.

Must try and practise more often I think.

My handwriting does not flow so easily due to lack of use but my typing has improved.

I have dyspraxia. My handwriting has always been so bad it can get no worse. DS has the same problem, and diagnosis.

I am partially sighted so I have mega problems because I can no longer write in a straight line. At least a computer does not allow my writing to deviate.

Dreadful. My dad and brothers had/have nice writing. My mum and sister neat writers. Mine looks like a drunken spider that has fallen in an ink pot and staggered over a piece of paper.

Mine was never great but it's still legible.

Mine is awful but I keep practicing.

My writing used to be quite good, but decidedly mediocre now. My Dad has the most incredible, stylish and legible writing almost to the day he died.

My writing has always been quite messy.
I'm not sure it's any worse

Mine’s probably only neat because I have to demonstrate daily in work. It’s probably better than it used to be when I relied on using a fountain pen to produce neat script. My brain evidently thought a biro was an excuse to scrawl.

My handwriting is certainly not as neat as it once was. It’s probably lack of practice, as so much is typed nowadays.
I find my hand gets crampy, too, after using a pen for any length of time.

My handwriting has always been a bit variable depending on how rushed I was but now it is more of a scrawl. I was writing up a recipe yesterday but couldn't read it all back when I finished and had to rewrite it 🤨 I'm not sure it's lack of practice as I write quite often. My hands just don't work as well as they used to.

My handwriting has always been awful, verging on illegible, but is truly terrible now. I used to practise with regular letters to a much older friend who has recently died. I communicate with everyone else by email. My writing will now be confined to cards and lists and will doubtless deteriorate further. Spelling isn’t a problem, nor hesitancy - just no style! How I envy those who write stylishly rather than scrawl!

My writing has gone downhill and my spelling has got even worse!

I blame predictive text for the spelling

I must admit my handwriting looks very scruffy now.

When I had a stroke I found my handwritten words were very tiny and squashed up. After a year, though, my writing was back to normal.