"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

The ability to read cursive handwriting is helpful but not essential ... strange and inventive spellings, old forms of letters (a double S was sometimes written as a “long s” and looked ...

which is a combination of print and cursive. But let’s back up a bit. I started learning to write in kindergarten, but that of course was in script, with separate letters. Me and my fellow ...

That led to a pushback and today at least 14 states require that cursive handwriting be taught, including California in 2023. But it doesn’t mean that they actually use it in real life.

Though sometimes the oldest writing is the easiest to read, said Cantrell. “If you look at Abigail Adams' letters to her husband (President John Adams) and his responses, the cursive is an art ...

WASHINGTON — Reading cursive writing is a skill that could be fading away over time. But if you know how to read cursive, the National Archives could use your help. The U.S. National Archives ...