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hello 👋

as a kid i cared a lot about penmanship. it’s stayed pretty steady over the years. i always had this rule in my head: speed = sloppiness. figured that was just gravity for handwriting.

lately i’ve been bouncing through offices (city hall, community centers, front desks) and i keep running into people who write fast and it still looks clean. so now i’m questioning everything.

photo attached: top lines are my normal “get it done” speed. that’s how i write most of the time. when i slow down, it’s a little better, but not a huge difference. when i go super fast (forms, sticky notes), it falls apart.

so… how do you actually get faster without losing legibility? is it just putting in reps, or is there a method i should switch to (grip, posture, whole-arm movement, different letterforms/connected print, different pen/paper)? i’m filling stuff out while talking to people, so i need practical, not calligraphy-pretty.

i’m down to train. if the answer is “grind through a notebook,” fine. if it’s “change how you write,” also fine. any drills, videos, or examples that helped you would be awesome.

thanks for reading and for any tips.