Comments on: Handwriting: A Dying Art

By: Rafael Sangiovanni

Rafael Sangiovanni — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:28:53 +0000

I use different bullet points for main points, sub points, sub-sub points. But I like your idea of using the different shapes for different categories. It’s going on my to-do!

See? Handwriting is not a dying art! We’re keeping it alive!

Unless that fabled Tablet actually comes out. Then it’s toast

By: Agustina

Agustina — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:18:54 +0000

I can’t believe you write your to-dos by hand!

When I’m in meetings, I take notes by hand. Partly because I categorize them by using different bullet shapes… an action that would take three times as long to do on the computer, but mainly because I find it rude to sit in front of someone, pay attention and have a mini wall up in between us – maybe I should get a Tablet in that case.

I wonder how many people would show up to a calligraphy tweetup. I say go for it! I’d go

By: Rafael Sangiovanni

Rafael Sangiovanni — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:20:34 +0000

I totally agree with you, and it’s a dying art that I love. I’m very much like you in the sense that I prefer to write on a keyboard, where I can jot down my ideas quicker. (I won’t get into the shortening of our collective attention spans!) But I try to make it a point to keep my handwriting legible and nice by writing all my to-dos at work by hand. (And that list gets long!)

I would love to study calligraphy too. Is it time to start a calligraphy meet-up group?

By: Warren G

Warren G — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:05:08 +0000

Too funny… I was at the Mont Blanc boutique in Boca a few weeks ago attending a champagne event (of course… you know me) celebrating World Literacy Day. Mont Blanc has a line of writing instruments with the UNICEF wreath and a sapphire on the crown (UNICEF’s color is blue) – 10% of the proceeds go to UNICEF to help a child to read.

Anyway, they had a handwriting analyst there – I don’t know if it was the 3 glasses of champagne I had, but I could barely write in cursive. I blamed my scientific background (a lot of block printing goes on in science and design laboratories), but I also told the analyst that handwriting is a dying art form. I’m probably one of the few people at my company who actually wrote letters to people in college – I’m talking about picking up stationery and WRITING letters, not typing them into an email.

Good to see your article Agustina – nice to see someone else is thinking along the same lines.

By: Adrian Salgado

Adrian Salgado — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:44:26 +0000

I was just talking about this with a friend this past week. I wonder if the future holds any value for someone with good handwriting?

By: Ray Medina

Ray Medina — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:05:10 +0000

I too suffer from the same disease as you I can only hand-write a couple of words at a time before my hands start to hurt and me complaining and asking if I can type it better.

I still think schools will have the kids use the Pen/pencil and paper, but as the kids get older, I do see them taking their laptops to school.

BTW… I don’t even remember how to write up a check… Now, that is sad!