Tag: penmanship

  • Chicken scratches

    Chicken scratches

    WotD: Chicken scratches A doctor’s handwriting looks like chicken scratches. This is a common belief in North America and perhaps around the world. Ask any pharmacist if they can always understand the prescriptions written by a doctor, and they will undoubtedly tell you no. Chicken scratches is a term used to refer to difficult or impossible-to-read handwriting.…

  • Cursive writing

    Cursive writing

    Word of the Day: Cursive writing Let me ask you a question. How often do you write with a pen and paper in cursive writing? I don’t mean jot down a shopping list. I mean, how often do you sit down and write a letter or a few pages of text? Hardly ever? Me too.…

  • Penmanship

    Penmanship

    Word of the Day: Penmanship How’s your penmanship? Do you have beautiful writing? Or does your handwriting look like the scratches of a chicken who stepped in ink and walked across your page? Good penmanship can be quite impressive. They say that the way a person writes can indicate their personality. I certainly hope that…