penmanship

Before she could assign me penmanship drills, I went to find Klawde.

The process might have felt impersonal to an adult, but as a child, receiving dozens of little envelopes that were addressed to me, in the individual penmanship of each of my classmates, felt heavenly.

Lousy penmanship didn’t stop me from becoming someone whose profession depends on shaping letters.

Portland, Ore., resident John Green, 76, grew up in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the early 1950s: “I can distinctly remember the penmanship instructions given in the early elementary grades — I believe we were taught the Palmer Method — virtually a lost art today. ... In the sales seminars I used to lead, I would always use cursive.”

“Consistent penmanship is not a constitutional prerequisite to vote in Washington state,” wrote Kevin Hamilton, a Seattle attorney who has represented the Democratic Party in election disputes across the country, in a summary judgment motion for the plaintiffs.