My handwriting doesn’t quite match my age.

    :-/ Yes it is as tragic as it sounds. You have no idea how I consciously and carefully I write notes (for others) and telephone messages to mask the fact that I write ...immaturely. :-/ Block letters or small caps, they’re usually pretty ugly. And considering the amount of writing I have to do in my life, thank god for Microsoft Word and the printer but STILL there are instances when my authentic handwriting is required for the world to see and that’s when the cat’s outta the bag. I believe I am (informally and unofficially) banned from writing anything that will be read from a distance away for a certain job. And I don’t blame them. I mean no one told me that to my face but I have better sense to get someone else to write it rather than writing it myself. Ha.
   
    Anyway, isn’t it interesting how you can identify where a piece of handwriting is from?! I mean I can always tell when I get a letter/ package from the States (without looking at the stamps) just by looking at handwriting of my name and address. They have these roundish fat little words with considerable spacing. Europeans (generally, in my humble observation) on the other hand usually write in cursive, often complicated and harder to read with very little spacing in between words.  Asians… I don’t know, they write in a variety of styles as far as I can tell. I think it’s just interesting how we adapt to a certain style of handwriting and why some people have like nice neat handwriting while some just can’t seem to outgrow the way they write. :-/

    I also think it’s interesting to see how much writing with a pen will be relevant in future considering all this typing we’ve grown accustomed to …