With all the divisions in this country, it’s amazing that the ability to round out your letters has become controversial, writes Laurel Vermilyea Cortes.

T he 1920s saw incredible transformation in typography and graphics more broadly. It was, in fact, the decade when the term ...

I preach to my kids to expand their horizons and do things outside of their comfort zones, yet I have been happy behind a computer keyboard tapping out my thoughts and telling others’ stories for ...

For years, Missouri lawmakers have tried to make teaching cursive a requirement, but concerns regarding technology and ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to transcribe some 2 million pages of handwritten Revolutionary War-era documents. So far, more than 100,000 ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

In 2010, the newly established Common Core State Standards program, which outlines skills and knowledge students should acquire between kindergarten and high school, did not include cursive in its ...

Get a read on this. The National Archives is seeking volunteers who can read cursive to help transcribe more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog, saying the skill is a “superpower.” ...

Being able to read the longhand script is a huge help because so many of the documents are written using it. “It’s not just a matter of whether you learned cursive in school, it’s how much ...

But these texts can be difficult to read and understand— particularly for Americans who never learned cursive in school. That’s why the National Archives is looking for volunteers who can help ...