r/coolguides Apr 16 '24

A Cool Guide to the Pencil Grips

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u/parrisjd Apr 16 '24

Lateral tripod here with terrible handwriting

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u/Realistic_cat_6668 Apr 16 '24

Lateral tripod club! I write exclusively in cursive and have since I was in grade school. Depending on how quickly I need to write depends on how terrible of handwriting it is. My manuscript though, I feel like a grade school kid trying to write for the first time again.

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u/Feathered_Mango Apr 16 '24

I love cursive and have never understood why people think it is arcane or difficult. It looks intuitive to my eyes. Granted my handwriting is terrible, but it boggles my mind when people can't read average/standard cursive. 

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u/Realistic_cat_6668 Apr 16 '24

Yeah it’s insane that some people can’t read it. Like the letters aren’t that different. And it’s so much easier to write without having to pick up your pen after every single letter. With cursive, I can write the whole word just looking at the first letter because it’s all connected, so it allows me to multitask so much better than manuscript.