longhand

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Selleck spent four years writing the book longhand on yellow legal pads, quoting from George Will and Raymond Chandler along the way.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

In 1970, he sent her a letter in impeccably neat, angular longhand.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024

Some city ordinances weren’t even indexed, forcing Birch and Karabian to leaf through the longhand lawbooks page by page, wearing special archival gloves.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023

Since I’ve written most of my works longhand, I often think about how the technology of the computer actually changes the texture of my thinking.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

I dug out the index card on which the question was typed in advance and Clay’s response was beneath in longhand.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey