What's your handwriting like?

Mister Vain · 30-11-2015 7:08pm #1

Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.

darkpagandeath · 30-11-2015 7:09pm

times new roman

aaronjumper · 30-11-2015 7:10pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.

The same, my writing is atrocious altogether but most people can still read it so I guess that makes it ugly rather than illegible.

Tarzana2 · 30-11-2015 7:12pm

Varies from excellent to terrible. I'm an accidental citóg and as such, my hand tends to get tired very quickly when I'm writing. As in, after writing only a few sentences. So, it's usually bad. When I seriously put the effort in, it's good but that's rare enough.

Peregrine · 30-11-2015 7:12pm

I'm happy enough with it. It's cursive and it hasn't changed much since I was about 9 but it can get messy if I'm writing quickly.

I can write my signature quickly and make it look decent though. It's a complicated name so nobody seems to check.

Tell me how · 30-11-2015 7:14pm

Sometimes in meetings I purposely write poorly so that someone sitting beside me is not noting my comments.
That being said, I don't have to try very hard. It's pretty shocking.

I do wish I could write neatly at a reasonable speed. It's when I'm in a hurry it really gets out of whack. I think it reflects well on people who can do so.

Boom_Bap · 30-11-2015 7:16pm

I change mine all the time unintentionally. I'd start off nice and neat then out of nowhere it'll be block capitals, then notice the error in my ways and switch to scrawls.

Menas · 30-11-2015 7:21pm

Mine is brutal.
I can hardly read my own notes. And my spelling is bad. If it was not for computers I would be employed as the towns rat catcher.

30-11-2015 7:23pm

Terrible handwriting, looks like something a 6 year old would write! Never really changed much. My spelling is quite good, though.

Frynge · 30-11-2015 7:25pm

People think im a doctor.

MilesMorales1 · 30-11-2015 7:26pm

Illegible. I had handwriting classes with a learning support assistant, right up to the age of 18, but I just can't get it right.

Medusa22 · 30-11-2015 7:28pm

I have very child-like handwriting, it is easy to read but it just hasn't really changed at all since I was about ten, even my signature looks the same as it did. I envy people with proper ''adult'' hand-writing but at least mine is legible I suppose!

kfallon · 30-11-2015 7:30pm

Writing out bookmaker's dockets is the only thing that keeps me in practice, otherwise it'd be absolutely brutal

Turtyturd · 30-11-2015 7:30pm

Tell me how wrote: »

Sometimes in meetings I purposely write poorly so that someone sitting beside me is not noting my comments.
That being said, I don't have to try very hard.

Do similar myself. When I am conducting interviews I will scribble everything partly due to time constraints partly for confidentiality/anonymity. If someone's transcribing the interview I will improve the quality of the handwriting.

Tarzana2 · 30-11-2015 7:34pm

Medusa22 wrote: »

I have very child-like handwriting, it is easy to read but it just hasn't really changed at all since I was about ten, even my signature looks the same as it did. I envy people with proper ''adult'' hand-writing but at least mine is legible I suppose!

Did you learn cursive in school? Learning that transitioned my writing from child-like to grown up. My friend who never learned cursive still has very childlike writing. She prints each letter separately.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 30-11-2015 7:36pm

I used to have really good handwriting and was often complimented on it.

Then I worked as a radio operator using Morse Code for many years, that well and truly f*cked up my once beautiful handwriting and its never recovered.

I'd put a doctor to shame.

My name is URL · 30-11-2015 7:38pm

Mine's utter shite. Even my signature is rarely the same each time I sign something

SEPT 23 1989 · 30-11-2015 7:39pm

I can just about mark an x on the line

RobertKK · 30-11-2015 7:42pm

Mine is alright, I just make sure other people can read it.

I love a handwritten letter, but sometimes it can be hard to read.

Medusa22 · 30-11-2015 7:53pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Did you learn cursive in school? Learning that transitioned my writing from child-like to grown up. My friend who never learned cursive still has very childlike writing. She prints each letter separately.

I did learn cursive but somehow my writing is just very straight and wide, which gives it a child-like appearance. Well, at least something about me is straight :pac:

kylith · 30-11-2015 7:54pm

Mine is not neat but is distinctive. I get the feeling that I think it's worse than it is. It's a mix of lowercase and small uppercase letters, which seems to be a family trait.

Magico Gonzalez · 30-11-2015 7:57pm

Awful, recently simplified my signature to a child like level just so that i could always repeat it. Left handed, having been using a laptop for years in work to takes notes. I find writing a lot to be mildly uncomfortable to write for a long time and type pretty quickly so gladly avoid using a pen if at all possible.

Xaracatz · 30-11-2015 8:03pm

Mine is quite small and can get wildly out of control if I'm writing in a hurry (which is most of the time if I can't take notes on the laptop). If I want someone else to read it, I write in non-joined up writing, and then it can look quite nice I think.

My signature is missing about half the letters in my name though. With a random dot somewhere above where the "i" should be.

kfallon · 30-11-2015 8:11pm

Xaracatz wrote: »

Mine is quite small and can get wildly out of control......... if I'm writing in a hurry (which is most of the time if I can't take notes on the laptop). If I want someone else to read it, I write in non-joined up writing, and then it can look quite nice I think.

My signature is missing about half the letters in my name though. With a random dot somewhere above where the "i" should be.

Christ I was wondering where this was going!!!!

The_Valeyard · 30-11-2015 8:12pm

A teacher of mine, long ago, once said it reminded him "of a drunken spider"

Son Of A Vidic · 30-11-2015 8:17pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

What's your handwriting like?

Let's just say I work in the medical business, so the rest should be self explanatory for ye. Sometimes, I have difficulty reading my own writing.:(

Xaracatz · 30-11-2015 8:18pm

kfallon wrote: »

Christ I was wondering where this was going!!!!

Straight into the gutter it seems. For shame kfallon. For shame. *shakes head sadly.

syklops · 30-11-2015 8:20pm

Mister Vain wrote: »

Mine is terrible. I don't think it has changed much since I was a child. I've always been envious of people with very neat and often calligraphic looking handwriting. Those who can jot down their signature very quickly and still make it look good. I could never do that.

Put it this way, its a good thing I dont have kids. Any note I send to school, the teacher would assume the 4year old wrote himself.

Fluorescence · 30-11-2015 8:20pm

I like my handwriting

I'm the only one who does though! Most people have described it to me as too small, too messy, too inconsistent and just generally scrawly.

I do panic when someone asks me for a signature for something important though as no two signatures ever look the same :pac:

30-11-2015 8:22pm

I have really nice handwriting and if I'm writing a card or an envelope I would be really fussy over making it look pretty.

In work though my notes are scrawled.

Junkyard Tom · 30-11-2015 8:34pm

Consider a hen. Now consider the hen having an epileptic fit. Now consider the hen having a fit with its feet dipped in ink. Now consider the hen having a fit, spazzing across a large canvas with its ink-dipped feet leaving a trail.

My handwriting would be jealous of the hen's trail .

kfallon · 30-11-2015 8:34pm

Xaracatz wrote: »

Straight into the gutter it seems. For shame kfallon. For shame. *shakes head sadly.

Please help me out of it

Rubberchikken · 30-11-2015 8:38pm

Better than my typing

Mister Vain · 30-11-2015 11:25pm

My name is URL wrote: »

Mine's utter shite. Even my signature is rarely the same each time I sign something

I'm the same. I have to sign my name a lot in work. You'd swear there was at least 10 different people in my job with the same name.

30-11-2015 11:27pm

In my mind I have copperplate handwriting. The reality is rather different.

Novella · 30-11-2015 11:31pm

I have huge, bubble handwriting. I dot my i's with circles, for god's sake! People compliment it a lot for some reason. I think it looks like something a fourteen year old girl would do in a journal.

RayM · 30-11-2015 11:36pm

I won a prize for 'most improved handwriting' in 1992. It has deteriorated considerably since then.

cantdecide · 30-11-2015 11:46pm

It's sloppy and I've often tried to improve it but the big problem is that I'm wicked slow which I can't seem to improve either. It makes exams a real trial.

Wabbit Ears · 30-11-2015 11:47pm

I cant read my own writing. Its horrible. I'm actually just as bad with typing. I have to correct at least 2 words per sentence.

boobar · 30-11-2015 11:51pm

Mine can be very neat, when I can be bothered to make the effort.

Hours at national school spent transcribing material at the behest of the Christian Brothers, they were very keen on making sure we all had good handwriting.

Dr.Robotnik · 30-11-2015 11:53pm

Im left handed so not only is my handwriting terrible, its smudged all over the paper and my hand!

cantdecide · 30-11-2015 11:58pm

Dr.Robotnik wrote: »

Im left handed so not only is my handwriting terrible, its smudged all over the paper and my hand!

Why do left handed people tick the 'wrong' way???

Mahogany Gaspipe · 01-12-2015 12:00am

Forensic analysis on a sample of my handwriting would suggest it was scrawled mid-stroke while travelling in the back of an unlit and moving Transit van being driven down a Cavan boreen during an earthquake.

Dr.Robotnik · 01-12-2015 12:08am

cantdecide wrote: »

Why do left handed people tick the 'wrong' way???

How do you mean! Backwards?
I can assure you I do it the right way!

thelad95 · 01-12-2015 12:10am

I had incredibly neat handwriting until I was taught joint hand writing in primary school. I don't know why they teach it, it's not necessary, State Examiners absolutely hate it and my handwriting gradually went to sh/te.

cantdecide · 01-12-2015 12:24am

Dr.Robotnik wrote: »

How do you mean! Backwards?
I can assure you I do it the right way!

I commend you! I see a lot of left handed box ticking at work and frankly I find it highly disturbing...

CarrickMcJoe · 01-12-2015 12:27am

My handwriting was always neat and I'm also a leftie. One drawback is I have to do all the Xmas cards as the wife's writing is crap.

wattlebird · 01-12-2015 12:28am

My handwriting is probably the thing I most often get complimented on :rolleyes: It's quite neat, swirly and cursive. I don't understand why it's like this as I'm left handed and hold the pen in a way I've never seen anyone else holding it. I could never imagine writing in non-joint though - slows me down so much. It's also tiny, so sometimes people admire it from afar but then realise they can't actually read it

tomwaterford · 01-12-2015 12:31am

Mine is woeful and tiny (like takes up a third of the height of a line)

And that's when I slow myself down to write so others can read it....If it's something for myself/only me read it....it could be impossible (for strangers) to read....caused awlful trouble for me in school

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 01-12-2015 12:31am

Crap, my r's look like v's my m's look like w's

Meh

Dr.Robotnik · 01-12-2015 12:35am

cantdecide wrote: »

I commend you! I see a lot of left handed box ticking at work and frankly I find it highly disturbing...

When I was a yung un I used to write the number 3 backwards, like it was the way lefties were supposed to write it!?

What's your handwriting like?

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