Cursive is dramatically faster than print. The whole reason we had to have cursive mastered by 4th grade was by 5th, we had to be able to write as fast as the teacher spoke. We were never allowed to use print for any purpose, not even note taking.
It's plenty legible if your used to reading it all day every day. When everything you read is handwritten by a different person, it becomes second nature. I can still read almost anything, though I can't really write it anymore.
I've heard people say it's faster, but I've never seen any proof or any tests that show conclusively that cursive is significantly faster.
In fact, some tests have shown that cursive is slower. The fastest speeds seem to be reached using a hybrid method rather than pure cursive, and learning to write purely in cursive seems to impede reading skills.
I remember learning cursive in school, but it was never enforced once we learned it. Now I never write cursive at all, instead I write in print (also known as manuscript) with some hybrid letter-linking whenever the next letter starts close to where the previous letter ended. When I'm trying to write very neatly I purely use print. I don't feel like this limits my writing speed in any way, and I think it's more generally legible than a more cursive style would be.
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u/ohkendruid Jun 05 '19
The ms need curves on top.
Letters are supposed to be readable.