Writing on paper is like solving long division on paper--good to know, but not very useful in day to day life. I have no plans to preserve my handwriting.
Ask HN: Has your handwriting suffered from years on the keyboard?
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#82Also, I appreciate the gesture, but I hate getting paper mail. I check my mail every few months. When friends send me holiday cards, I often don't notice them till the holidays are over.
Re: Ask HN: Has your handwriting suffered from years on the keyboard?
#83My handwriting was always pretty bad and erratic; no doubt because I spent most of my time at a keyboard. But a couple years ago I decided to basically engineer myself a style of handwriting, first designing an alphabet, then training myself to use it (and only it). That project has grown to something of a full-fledged writing system. I would recommend to any geeks that they take a couple weeks to work out something…
Did you found any place where they have nice models of letters to get some inspiration and pick the ones I like? I just did a quick search but did not found any satisfying results yet.
I did; I drew inspiration from a very wide variety of historical scripts. I am actually documenting the whole thing, but it grows too fast for me to get it all into the computer. Some day I'll publish it, though.
I recommend you should check out http://medievalwriting.50megs.com as a good first step for inspiration.