Possible Lincoln artifact discovered!

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The answer of how many use which style: The answer was in that same article. Even if they know both styles, the majority use printing. Let me try to find that link again.

https://www.logicofenglish.com/2-uncateg...sive-first Less than 5% use cursive. I'm one of the 5% and have won praise for my penmanship. My printing is clear and legible, but I am not comfortable in using it, even though I learned it first.

Origin[edit]
The origin of the cursive method is associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill. Quills are fragile, easily broken, and will spatter unless used properly. Steel dip pens followed quills; they were sturdier, but still had some limitations. The individuality of the provenance of a document (see Signature) was a factor also, as opposed to machine font.[2]

The term cursive derives from the 18th century Italian corsivo from Medieval Latin cursivus, which literally means running. This term in turn derives from Latin currere ("to run, hasten").[3]

The above is from Wiki, and they also note that Lincoln drafted the Gettysburg Address in cursive that is very readable today.

And finally, this article fits my former years of teacher training just perfectly: http://thefederalist.com/2015/02/25/ten-...d-cursive/