It can sometimes look as though penmanship is dying out, it’s a skill that is even nowadays fundamental in many areas of life. A handwritten missive conveys more importance than a typewritten missive; e.g. an invitation, an apology, or an application for a job.
You may imagine it’s a recent fad of people eschewing penmanship and using a keyboard instead, but as far back as the late 19th century, there were cries that penmanship was disregarded due to the typewriter. Nowadays, the rap is being attached to the use of computer keyboards.
Even so, there is still a strong need for handwriting skills in in all walks of life. Hand-written missives are thought of as to a greater extent more trustworthy, they evince the author has studied over her words, and they evince more deference to the reader. During this era of “canned responses”, the hand-written letter has never been more noticeable.
I have often been caught out with my own bad penmanship - made worse due to years of reliance on the keyboard. In situations in which I’ve had to hand write something, my writing’s been almost illegible at times. That can be embarrassing. What did I do? I wrote whenever the chance came to do so, and it greatly improved. In conclusion, it’s wise to polish your penmanship through sheer repitition.
One more point is to acquire a pen you are comfy with, with refills. A good ink is the legendary mont blanc refill. This enables you to better your hand writing with a single pen.
