The Buckets by Greg Cravens for April 27, 2014
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Transcript:
.Aren't you going to write that in cursive? Why? We show we're adult by writing in cursive. That's not what cursive was intended for. Cursive writing wasn't invented! It just... It's... Wait... People wrote cursive because the pens they were dipping in inkwella blotted more often at the beginning and end of a stroke. So regular Roman-style lettering was really messy. Writing cursive meant cutting down your chances to one or two blots per word. I've never dipped a quill pen into ink in my whole life. Why do you want me to pretend like I do? Cause I did. Oh. If it makes you feel better, I can type the paper in a cursive font.
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I learned cursive, like everyone else, and then learned to type, and then learned drafting, and then learned comic strippering. I can technically still write cursive, but only in a ’doctor’s handwriting’ crippled sort of way that’s neither faster nor better. Sorry if you don’t agree with the blotting story. It’s what I was taught when I learned to ink and draw with dip pens. And it’s technically accurate information, even if it’s not the actual impetus for the creation of cursive writing. I still think it’s the actual impetus, of course. It’s what I learned.