Art of handwriting: Do you think it has a forgotten habit?

I agree that now a days computers have replaced pen and paper. But, handwriting has its value always. There is a lot of difference between reading an email and reading a hand written letter. A hand wirtten letter or card conveys more than an e-card or an email. I have a good hand writing and I am very pround of that. But, in the new generation people are give little importance to the beauty of handwirting.

Yes, it will soon be a forgotten art, unfortunately. I think handwriting is much more personal, and I still hand write out all cards to everyone. I don't do the ecards unless it is the only way to do it. I also am a dealer on Ebay, and I handwrite all "Thank You's" to my buyers, and I've already been complimented on it. I feel it's just a bit more sincere because it takes longer to do, and most people don't want to waste the time to do it anymore.

I definitely feel that the art of handwriting has gone for a toss and I'm living proof of it! Even having to sign my name on a credit card receipt or a contract seems difficult for me these days and when I hand write notes or shopping lists, my writing is terrible! It never used to be this way and I was a very neat writer in the past, but not anymore! We're so used to typing and texting, a pen feels foreign in our hands! I also do think that by relying so much on other forms of communication, we ARE losing a lot of the personal touches handwritten letters and cards offer. I do have friends that practice Calligraphy though and it's beautiful! We're all about convenience these days, so the use of handwriting is only going to decline further over time.

Hi sreekala, it does appear that one uses it less and less these days and I could say mine is mostly limited to shopping lists which my son says are illegible. When I study though I do put pen to paper, no computer involved, but then I am writing mainly in Greek which seems to make my writing in English go a little haywire afterwards. For instance we don't have the letter C in Greek so when I write in English I often put a K in by mistake. My son is ten and he does it too, he will put a few Greek letters in the middle of an English sentence as apart from English lessons his whole schooling is in Greek so he has to end up using 50 letters instead of the usual 26. At least hand writing is taken seriously still in the schools and is even marked separately on the grade results. I don't think it will die out but it will certainly be used less.

Good handwriting is a skill we learn in early elementary school, but the benefits of good handwriting extend our entire lives. The truth is that mastering handwriting sets children up for other learning successes. Handwriting builds confidence, teaches children to have an organized approach to work and enhances their ability to communicate. Think about how exciting it is when a child writes his name for the first time. Think about how nice it is to be able to write easily and well.

My handwriting is fairly good. I love to handwrite notes to friends and send them snailmail just for fun. Sometimes I get all bills in the mail and not one personal note, it makes me sad. So, I write to friends and family in hopes they will do the same. Kids that I know have terrible handwriting. With everything being on the computer I think it is getting lost. It is sad, but in schools it is not even cared about. children don't even know how to spell because the computer fixes the errors. Don't get me wrong, I like computers, but we are loosing a lot of basis skills because of it! Great topic :)

I am also very much worried about the waning importance of the handwriting.You always see the soul and mood of the person who has written something to us.That is why all of us got exhilarated in some time or other in our life time with the writings of someone who is closed to us kiss,keep it close to our heart,and sleep with it wetting it with our tears which needless to say is ridiculous with these SMS and Emails. But Kala, hopes do not die that easily.The good things never give up their struggle to substantiate themselves.This is what I am learning from several things around me including the hand writing of my darling daughter who is in her 8th std which I have uploaded for you to judge.

Hi Sree! You have a valid point to make and I agree with you that people at large are forgetting how to write and pen is being replaced by email. Those who work in offices do get opportunities to write, other people may not get such an opportunity. BTW, Handwriting or say 'graphology' is one of my favourite subjects. I remember, when I joined mylot, I started my first discussions, which was about 'graphology'. Our hand writing is reflection of our personality and character and health and how do we behave and think. Different sizes, styles and formations of letter/words have different meaning. I can interpret about a person, once I've seen his/her handwriting and signature. Writing tells exact things about thinking level of a person and it is great fun analysing handwriting of others and telling them remedial measures to improve

i do like to write again on paper with pen to practice my penmanship. i used to write well too. i just don't know that i am not able to maintain my beautiful penmanship. i used to treat handwriting as a form of art cause i like the beauty that comes out of it from our handwriting. i admire people who writes pretty well too.

Hi Sreekala I agree with you that writing is replaced by computers and texting in mobile.. As you said my handwriting as become worst than ever after I started my job.. I cant belive it is my handwriting only.. So need to practise for certain time to get back my good handwriting..

I love writing by hand but I do little these days! I write a letter to my daughter on her birthday every year for her to receive when she is older or Heaven forbid if something happens to me. She is seven years old, hence seven letters; the first couple are handwritten and the rest are typed on the computer because for me to sit and type is a lot easier in regards to getting the ideas to flow. Hand writing feels almost foreign nowadays and it is a shame; I remember my teachers putting a great deal of emphasis on beautiful writing when I was at school way back during the dark ages. Yes it does feel as though it is a forgotten art...

Hello my friend. What a nice discussions. For me it depends the people concern. As for me, I am still not losing my touch speaking of my writing manually. Though I already have and most of the time I am on my PC, I never forget to exercise my manual writing ability. Of course writing with the use of computer is more presentable and neat to see than writing with our bare hand though it would be more remarkable because we are the who really exerting effort of doing it naturally. But, what about if suddenly there would be a power interruption, could you still use your computer? I think not anymore..would you wait for the power back again? Well, aside from that...this computer technology kills some of our cultural games and some traditions... thanks...

The doctors had forgotten the art of beautiful and legible writing a long time ago. I did not have the habit of writing letters. If your work requires writing on paper then you won't loose your touch with writing. However if your job requires you to type, then you would loose your touch with writing.

Absolutely! I think it's a shame that cursive is no longer taught in schools anymore. How are our children going to have a signature? With the advent of texting and im...these kids can't spell to save their lives. I think technology is great, but sometimes I think it can be a a disadvantage for young people.

I still using my pen to write my writing. I still used my pen for some reports at work. for signature of Delivery Receipts, for verifying reports, for signature check of course. I think some are still fond of writing, there are those composers of songs. The students they still write in their class especially when they have exam. The advantage is you are not getting a callous on the finger, because I have a callous on my right middle finger. When I do usually before it was smaller but now it became bigger again. As of disadvanatge, people rely on computer on their notes, which inable them to write, may lead them forget how to write. LOL

My handwriting has gotten so bad since I began using the computer! I do think it's important, though. In some schools, children are being taught only to print, not cursive writing except for their signature.

Writing a letter using your own hand has a touching impact. It is really the best way to impart a very personal touch to your reader. You are right though! This seems to be a forgotten habit or should I say an ignored habit. People have gone quite lazy to use their hands in writings because anyway there are easier and less tiring way. Sad to say, I am one of those who have already preferred typing in computers rather than handwriting. It just too sad that while many people have actually admired my good handwriting, I now have developed laziness to use it more. I do still use my hand in writing short notes but has no more patience to write long letters by hand. I would rather use the computer and I found myself more effective when doing so. I also could not think more when using my hands unlike when I am using computer when ideas do come out naturally. I really can't explain why it has happened to me. Well my friend,to me I believe the main disadvantage of not using handwriting in personal letters is that the personal touch is certainly lost. I think I should still use my hands when writing to my loved ones and thank you for this post because it reminded me that I should not forsake the art of handwriting. Well to those whose handwriting are like that of doctors, then it is forgivable. Personally, I do not have patience reading handwriting that I could not understand either so if the handwriting of the person is not very legible I would prefer receiving a typewritten personal letter from him rather than have a hard time understanding and deciphering his writings.

yeah..my writting getting a little bad before i know it because nowadays like you have state, i frequently used computer while at work and messaging people just using handphone. the disadvantage of forgetting writting habits i think you will lost the art and the passion in it,though you will find many font of writting in the computer as been setting in the computer, the feel is not the same. the advantage,maybe this will only be true to certain people but for me,completing a document by handwriting is taking more time than usig computer.well,when you used computer you can just used the 'cut' and 'paste' option to make your work easier,not to metion the other fnction that we have in the computer nowadays^^.

Computers and cell phones really replaced pen nowadays. We don't have to write our homeworks, doing projects(most on computers) or write a letter to others (which replaced by MSN or Yahoo! Messenger). The only time I've used pen is during exam. And my hand felt pain after that XD Of course, humans will be losing personal touch by using e-mail, text messages all this as handwriting tells the personality of a person, and we can felt the warmth when we received a hand written letter. This is one thing email can't replace letter. I can't think of any advantage of forgetting writing habits, but the disadvantage would be humans' heart are getting further when writing habits are slowly put aside.

Well yes it's probably at least getting forgotten because technology is becoming more popular I believe. I think that more people are probably using laptops or computers rather then using their own handwriting. I prefer to write things by hand though because I can think better when I'm doing my own writings and in earlier school years they would have you write down notes or copy things down so that way you can remember better. I generally write down notes if I'm reading any nonfiction book that I'm trying to learn things from.