Thread: Russian Calligraphy, anyone?

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

Yes, really. It is not only required in schools, it is the only way children learn writing. And it is the only way ~90% of adults use for daily purposes (90% is just my guess, of course).
Moreover, when we learned English at school (4th - 10th grades, I had English as a foreign language class), we used the same cursive style to write English letters. And we did not know they are not frequently used.

Yes, I am aware of the fact cursive writing has become uncommon at least in the US (I am not sure about the UK though). But believe me, when I learned first time about that fact (that you do not use cursive), I was as surprised as you are now 'Cause it would take for me ca. twice longer to write in block letters as compared to the cursive, where all the letters are joined into a single line within a word boundaries.

I wanted to add that there is, I think, a reason it is not commonly used: I see it more and more that many do not know how to hold their pencil/pen correctly and I imagine that this would make cursive or anything else very difficult if not entirely impossible.

All other letters look good
BTW, your writing is beautiful. Mine looks much more ugly

I always thought it was an American thing to undervalue one's own talents...

Originally Posted by genuinefarmgirl

I always thought it was an American thing to undervalue one's own talents...

And it's very Russian in fact