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How's your cursive?

One of my favorite ways to test Limnu is writing stream-of-consciousness words to myself in cursive. Who writes in cursive anymore? I don't know, probably no-one, but it's fun. Sometimes I find myself suddenly staring at existential questions I can't answer.

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Are you good at cursive? I'm not very good at it, and I never was. I never got to the point where I could write any word without stopping in the middle. I felt like we were supposed to be able to, but I always get stuck, and usually in a spot that's visible and makes the word look bad. With Limnu, I use a Wacom tablet, or a Microsoft Surface. Its not cool to write cursive with a mouse, and not as easy or fun with a finger or soft stylus as it is with a hard stylus.

Today I tried Googling "cursive", got a set of images from elementary school with lower- and upper-case cursive letters. Dragged one of them right from the search window onto my Limnu board, and started tracing letters like I was in 3rd grade again. I'd forgotten how to do most of the capital letters, and forgotten how many flowery and unnecessary movements we were taught to use.

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Can you write cursive words smoothly without stopping? I'd love to hear it if you have any tips or tricks. If you feel like practicing your long-lost handwriting skills, or just reliving a little bit of grade school, grab a cursive template and drop it on your Limnu board.