DANBURY, Conn. — Francesca Curatilo attended three camps this summer: wilderness, martial arts and — in the final days before the start of school — cursive. Yes, cursive. On a sunny morning ...

Thank you – nearly 50 years ago in the UK I was taught D’Nealian cursive almost exactly as you show, including wacky capital Q, and with a fountain pen and special lined paper, but never knew ...

The former capital Q in cursive writing resembled a 2, and in 1996 Zaner-Bloser changed it to an oval with a tail “after the post office got on us,” says Richard M. Northup, the company’s ...

Today, cursive is required in 14 states, ... “I like that it’s kind of fancy,” said Zach Carlson, noting that the cursive capital “Z” – which he’ll need for his signature ...

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We were helping our 5-year-old daughter form uppercase letters in manuscript when it occurred to me that I did not remember how to form a cursive capital Q. It’s just not something you write ...

Peterson is a particular type of cursive style in which the letter P has an antenna; the capital Q looks like a fancy number two; and the Z has a funny loop that dipped below the baseline.

The neurodivergent brain doesn't always acknowledge the difference in letter formation: a student with dyslexia or dysgraphia might compensate by using capital letters P, Q, B, and D. Cursive, on ...