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In reply to the discussion: National Archives looking for volunteers to read cursive documents [View all]Linda ladeewolf
(1,062 posts)23. I love the old writing.
I spent hours last year copying one of my favorite books in one of the scripts. I think it was italics. It was fun, but I had an awful time to start with. I had improved though by the time Id copied like 70 or 80 pages. My illustrations werent as good as I wanted, but the original book had almost none. So I had to think up my own. If you are an old fart and your handwriting has started to get worse, I recommend doing something like this. It really improved my handwriting, its only temporary and I will have to do it again to keep it at a readable standard, but I think its worth it.
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National Archives looking for volunteers to read cursive documents [View all]
allegorical oracle
Jan 2025
OP
I have trouble reading my father's cursive - it was beautiful and heavily stylized. nt
yellowdogintexas
Jan 2025
#31
I do genealogy too and some of the old documents are almost impossible to read.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2025
#32
I can imagine that it's very difficult. old time cursive is very hard (for me) to read
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jan 2025
#12
My ability to write in a cursive has diminished since I began using keyboards and touchscreens almost exclusively.
sop
Jan 2025
#7
Welcome to DU. Many here enjoy volunteering. When I lived in DC, I volunteered at The
allegorical oracle
Jan 2025
#43