penmanship

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If interpreting the economy now hinges on fine differences between upper and lowercases, sloppy penmanship could lead to financial ruin.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

This isn’t to say everyone needs to brush up on penmanship and stop using AI calendars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

His collection became a private conceit, scrupulously named and dated in the penmanship of a monk, stored in boxes and metal bins like a man in a film hiding riches in the shadows.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Isaac believed that William would write in cursive, so he took a penmanship course.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

His penmanship was a sure indicator that he would have had a future at MIT, the minuscule mechanical pencil marks designed to maximize the amount of cryptic data a genius could record on one page.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen