People often seem to be able to tell when a note or a postcard was written by a woman. If you have characteristically feminine handwriting, I’m curious, did you make that a priority as a kid? Or did it turn out that way without you ever thinking about it?

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  1. We had handwriting lessons in elementary school in the 70s/80s. We literally got graded on it.

  2. I use block lettering when people will read it and that was due to being in the Navy for 8 years.

  5. I’ve always loved art and drawing so I made sure my handwriting reflected that. I always added extra curves and elongated lines. On the flip side my little brother has beautiful handwriting and he never practiced it. We just assumed it was because he has three sisters.

  7. I have a small array of different “fonts”. My day to day note taking handwriting is SO bad hehehe – it’s quantity over quality and would make any doctor proud. I also have block, quirky, and cursive. The cursive font is my most feminine – I always wanted to write as beautifully as my mother, but her cohort was quite literally abused into perfect pensmanship, so idk if that’s something I’d wish upon anyone.

  8. It just turned out that way. My mom taught me how to write, so that may be why my handwriting looks almost exactly like hers.

  9. I don’t. People always told me I have a boyish handwriting but I also have adhd and dyslexic that probably add to the way I write

  10. I found a box of my mom’s old school work and loved the way she wrote. I sort of tried to emulate her handwriting, which was small and distinctively feminine. I do remember that I still wrote very small before I found that schoolwork, but I also started shaping some of my letters the way she did.

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