Is your signature and handwriting clear or illegible?

jimintoronto said:
Does the PSP still issue memo books, and are they used on a daily basis? I know that all Canadian Police Services issue them, and they are required to be used by all members in all roles. Obviously, computers are also in use daily. JIM.
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Pretty much the same as Canada. I always kept my own log book besides the one that was issued to me. It's very difficult to remember everything that happened or was said, so keeping a log book for me was necessary.
 

I seem to remember that my cursive penmanship was never that great, but that it was readable to the end of high school. After that point, if I didn't use a typewriter, I printed. Even when making notes to myself. I can always read my own printing. And if I print with due attention, other people can usually read it. No doubt about it, my cursive penmanship has become shameful... though people always seem able to read my first-name cursive signature.
 
I had to sign on one of those iPads, i couldn't believe how disgusting it looked. I asked the man if I could sign again, and he said to not worry about. It looked like I was drunk.
 

oscash said:
I had to sign on one of those iPads, i couldn't believe how disgusting it looked. I asked the man if I could sign again, and he said to not worry about. It looked like I was drunk.
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they all look like that don't worry about it... I had to do the same thing yesterday on my dentists portal... 6 pages of questions that had to be signed on the bottom of every page.. no-one would have any idea what that surname is supposed to mean if they didn't have my full name in block capitals at the start of the form...

What's annoying about it is , I go to the dentist fairly regularly ..last visit was in March.. and they have me sign this online portal form every single time
 
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As a Civil Engineer I have spent most of my lifetime printing and rarely (almost never) use cursive. My signature though, has never changed much from when I was taught cursive in my grammar school days. No stylistic swirls or embellishments that would render it illegible. First name-middle initial- last name,
 
I take pride in my handwriting which is cursive style which l learned in grade school. I'm unhappy to learn that it is no longer taught in school and that a lot of people can't even read cursive. To me that's a shame being it's like a lost art. My signature is clear and legible.
 
My granddaughter is 28 and she asked me to print her birthday cards as she can't decipher what I'm writing. My son on the other hand writes all of his invoices in print. I love cursive writing.
 
Rose65 said:

Is your signature and handwriting clear or illegible?​

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Signature? No! Handwriting? When I was a boy I was so concerned with "penmanship" (as we used to call it) that it took forever to write a letter and I had to destroy countless pages because I wasn’t satisfied with a minor stroke of the pen. By the time I was 20-ish I gave up on longhand and started printing instead. As I advanced I realized that I was printing so quickly that my writing took on a longhand sort of flow, that is to say that most of the letters run into the preceding one. I think it looks good and I am satisfied with it.
 
I never heard the term cursive writing before. I presume that is how I do it but apparently it is not taught any more. I wrote joined up not printing, so it must be cursive that I learned so long ago.
 
Rose65 said:
I never heard the term cursive writing before. I presume that is how I do it but apparently it is not taught any more. I wrote joined up not printing, so it must be cursive that I learned so long ago.
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The reason you’ve never heard of it is because we don't allow cursive language in the presence of well-bred ladies. 👮‍♀️
 
My signature isn't legible but it's very consistent. Like @DaveA, my career typically dictated that I print rather than write in cursive. I can, and occasionally still do write in inelegant but legible cursive, but I print much faster.

OTOH, my wife, a teacher, writes in beautiful cursive. Cursive writing is still taught in the schools here. :)
 
I can still remember the day we were taught cursive writing in school. I think I was about 7. We were given a sheet of paper with slanted lines on it, and we placed it under a blank sheet of paper. We then had to follow the lines carefully writing the alphabet in capital and small letters. It took ages to do. Also, no biros in those days, ink pens. One girl was chosen (usually the teacher's pet) to mix powdered ink with water, it was always mixed in large tea pots, and then she would go around and fill the ink wells in the desks. Gees, I feel ancient now, but that was 74 years ago. My how time flys. .
 
oscash said:
I can still remember the day we were taught cursive writing in school. I think I was about 7. We were given a sheet of paper with slanted lines on it, and we placed it under a blank sheet of paper. We then had to follow the lines carefully writing the alphabet in capital and small letters. It took ages to do. Also, no biros in those days, ink pens. One girl was chosen (usually the teacher's pet) to mix powdered ink with water, it was always mixed in large tea pots, and then she would go around and fill the ink wells in the desks. Gees, I feel ancient now, but that was 74 years ago. My how time flys.
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We had writing desks with ink wells. The pens had slim metal pumps on the side that you needed to get your fingernail under in order to operate. Shortly thereafter we started using cartridge pens. I seem to remember they came in a variety of colours.
 
jimintoronto said:
I will point out that here in Canada, a hand written prescription is no longer acceptable at any pharmacy. The Doctors use a computer generated script that is faxed to your pharmacy, by the Doctor, to avoid any errors . I deal with at least 5 medical specialists, and none of them "hand write " anything. Its all done on a key board, either a I phone, or a tablet, as they are talking to me in the office or clinic. Some use "voice to script" programs when dictating reports to the central hospital data bases. JIM.
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My doctor uses "voice recognition" software as most of the doctors do here in PA, hospitals included. Even when I get a test result back from the lab, it states at the bottom that the written portion was completed by using "voice recognition software."

When I go to my doctor, he records the visit through his phone and its stored on a server. I have to sign a paper giving him authorization to record the visit, which is fine by me. Prescriptions are all done electronically. I would imagine I could ask for a written Rx and my doctor would give it to me.

It's amazing how fast the medical industry can turn things around.
 
Honestly, mine is indecipherable. Not deliberately, it just comes out that way.

Funny thing though. I had to sign my name recently, and I found I had dipped into the area of "old persons writing". Then it struck me - when do I ever actually write anything? I mean, I've been 24/7 computers for forty years or more. Typing is the thing. Weird.
 
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