[Coda]

Originally Posted by Boris

What reason do you have that your cursive writing is illegible?

Because due to my educational circumstances growing up, I switched from a 2nd-grade class that hadn't yet studied cursive to a 3rd-grade class that had already finished it. I got enough instruction during that class's penmanship review to be able to READ it, but I can't WRITE it -- I have to DRAW it based on my knowledge of what the letterforms are supposed to look like, which is much slower and lacks the fluidity of experience. My signature isn't even a valid representation of the letters in my name.

My non-script handwriting isn't exactly ATTRACTIVE, but it's at least readable.