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Nowadays, we’re far more likely to use our hands to click, type, or swipe than pick up a pen and write our thoughts on paper. However, some people still prefer good old handwriting, as it can enhance memory and help understand information more easily. Besides, those who take the time to practice calligraphy can boast about their other-level penmanship to others.

That’s exactly what the people on this list did in various communities online. Scroll down to find them below, and make sure to upvote those examples of handwriting that you can’t help but be a little bit envious of.

#1 My Handwriting After 1 Year Of Practice 😊

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#2 I Did This For Work And Everybody Seems To Like It

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#3 Hi Everyone 👋

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Pen Heaven’s survey in the UK has found that 51.4% of participants still write by hand every day, while 21.4% jot down some words on paper at least once a week. On the other hand, 16.5% of people couldn’t remember the last time they picked up a pen to write something.

When it comes to gender and age, those who wrote more regularly were younger women aged 18-24. Overall, men are less likely to pick up a pen, while just 39.5% of 65-year-olds and older practice calligraphy.

#4 Not Writing Cursive Is Okay

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#5 C Programming Algorithm By A Dude In My Class

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#6 Half Inch “Quick Brown Fox”

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43% of those who prefer handwriting rated their penmanship as above average, and more than 30% of people felt like their skill still needed some work. Just 13.9% of respondents thought their writing was excellent, whereas 16.5% believed it to be terrible. In general, women evaluated their handwriting more enthusiastically than men.

Studies have confirmed the fact that females have neater handwriting than males. University of Warwick researchers have noted that “Girls are generally better handwriters than boys, both on measures of overall quality and of letter formation. Girls also tend to write faster than boys.”

#7 My Second Attempt At Writing With The Typewriter Font

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#8 Man-Made Comic Sans Ms. Kind Of :/

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#9 An Irish Blessing

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Why this happens is quite hard to explain, as there’s really no concrete evidence or reason why women’s handwriting looks more satisfying to the eye than men’s. It could be due to stereotypes in our society, as women are often expected to have neater handwriting.

There’s also the possibility that neurodevelopmental differences between males and females may account for the differences.

Parenting Magazine explains this further: “During the early school years, when kids are learning to shape letters, the nerve fibers that control fine motor skills in boys’ brains typically haven’t matured as much as girls’ have.

So the girls in your son’s class may be better equipped to conquer penmanship. Boys’ brains eventually catch up and their handwriting gets better than their early attempts, but it’s still usually not as neat as that of the girl at the next desk. That’s because women tend to have more nerve connections between the two sides of the brain, which also helps with precision.”

#10 Small Lettering Using A Unipin Fine Line Dark Grey 0.1

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#11 Sunday Scribbles

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#12 One Of My Favourite Quotes From Winnie The Pooh. Parker Vector Fountain Pen

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While some argue that penmanship might be getting worse due to less practice and schools slowly taking out cursive and calligraphy lessons from their curricula, others say that bad handwriting isn’t a new phenomenon at all. Even in the ages when people handwrote books, illegible writing was a problem. They even had a word for it: cacography, calligraphy’s opposite, evil sibling.

“Handwriting has not worsened because of technology, but rather it has evolved in accordance with our life experiences and the passage of time,” explains forensic graphologist Ana Ortiz de Obregón.

#13 Tgif!

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#14 Is My Writing Legible? Please Let Me Know

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#15 Trying Out A New Style

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“Although we now write less by hand, a person who knows how to write always knows how to write. It is like riding a bicycle. At first you are more careful to make the handwriting more esthetic, but as you write, the conscious gives way to the unconscious; the act of writing becomes mechanized and that is when the brain begins to draw a self-portrait on paper, detectable from a graphological point of view.”

So it’s not the lack of practice that might worsen our penmanship, but other external factors like rushing, our state of mind or mood, or even certain disorders.

#16 Which Line Is The Most Pleasing To Your Eye?

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#17 My Japanese Handwriting Practice ✍️

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#18 The Hand Writes But The Whole Body Suffers. I Just Finished Calligraphy Of Three Copies From Zofia’s Bible

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The way we write can also be hugely attributed to our personality. Even the way we dot our i’s and cross our t’s can say more about us than we might realize. “Like body language, handwriting is analyzed in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of a person’s behavior, motivations or personality,” says Annette Poizner, a certified graphologist, registered social worker and licensed psychotherapist. “But unlike nonverbal gestures, handwriting leaves a trace, making it possible to examine at any time or place.”

#19 First Time Piping For Our 4th Of July Cake!

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#20 Barbie Themed Cookies I Made 💅 Someone Suggested I Post Here

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#21 My Mother’s Handwriting About 85 Years Ago On Primary School. So Nice To See This In Her Old Exercise Book. After Primary School She Had To Work And Couldn’t Go To School Anymore. I’m Sorry She Passed Away A Few Years Ago. I Miss Her

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“People write in unique and idiosyncratic ways, so it would make sense that those characteristic swirls or scratchings may be expressing facets of the writer’s individuality and personality,” Poizner further explains. “But properly trained graphologists know that handwriting analysis is more art than science, and any insights they glean from someone’s handwriting must be confirmed by the writers themselves.”

#22 One Inch „quick Brown Fox“

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#23 Diary Entry From 22 Year Old Me

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#24 From My iPad. I Don’t Write Like This Anymore

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There are many distinctive characteristics in a person’s writing, such as:

Heavy vs. soft pen pressure
Larger vs. smaller letters
Lines that go downhill, uphill, or in a straight line
Words slanted to the right vs. the left
How one crosses their T
How one dots their lowercase i
The space one leaves between words
Wide vs. narrow loop on a lowercase L
Rounded vs. pointed letters
Uniform vs inconsistent size of letters
Slow and deliberate writing vs. rushed
Connected vs disconnected letters
Open vs. closed O
A changing slant

#25 I’m Really Proud Of How I Wrote This Part Of My Notes!!!

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#26 Do You Prefer The Straight Or The Slant?

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#27 My Attempt At Imitating A Typewriter

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“When there’s too much variability in a person’s writing, there may also be chaotic elements in their personality,” says Poizner. “Someone who charges forth and then throws on the brakes suddenly, [causing] whiplash.” In some cases, it could also be influenced by disorders like ADHD, which can impede fine motor skills and functions like planning, organization, focus, and attention.