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Raine

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6. I love cursive writing

Reply to Chainfire (Original post)

Sat Jan 28, 2023, 02:09 AM

Jan 2023

very sad that some think it unnecessary to learn. I don't how they'll be able to read old letters and journals. I love to write cursive, it's so much faster then printing and much more attractive.

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I am going blind after deciphering old cursive writing. [View all] Chainfire Jan 2023 OP

It is great that you are doing this. Every time I hear someone telling me that hlthe2b Jan 2023 #1

How great to have the window into the past of your family. Srkdqltr Jan 2023 #2

Very cool! I trust you used a magnifier. Quakerfriend Jan 2023 #3

I have a merlin system enlarger dembotoz Jan 2023 #8

Gorgeous stuff & often frustratingly indecipherable UTUSN Jan 2023 #4

I can read cursive fine GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #5

I love cursive writing Raine Jan 2023 #6

Cursive is cursed. Wolf Frankula Jan 2023 #7

Very cool! intheflow Jan 2023 #9

For a real challenge, try documents written in blackletter. malthaussen Jan 2023 #10

Blackletter is why I have abandoned research on the maternal side of the family! ;) Chainfire Jan 2023 #11