[As_You_Wish]

I've typed almost all of my life. And, of course, you start out with block letters in 1st grade.

I thought it was so cool to learn cursive. It was like the first step towards belonging to the adult world.

And like most people, I do most of my communications on the computer.

But, for me, there's nothing like the tactile feelings of writing in cursive on a piece of paper. The soothing flow of the pen, the feel of the roughness or smoothness of the paper on the side of my hand, the smell of the ink and of the paper, the impression or indentation on the paper.

I just adore writing in the cursive script on paper.

[UkiahSmith]

You should try writing with a fountain pen, if you already haven't. It's a different experience than popular ball pens.

[denton-scratch]

Not any old fountain pen, though. A cheap one snags on the paper, and isn't at all pleasant. A good pen (on good paper - like, a nice laid) is certainly a pleasure. But who writes personal letters with a pen, these days?

I've never tried to write with a quill. That must have been a real pain in the wazoo - constantly whipping out a penknife to trim the nib.

[snvzz]

Absolutely. This is how I survived handwriting.

Pens would just physically hurt to type with. Fountain pens, no force required, they just glide on the paper.

[As_You_Wish]

Oh, I have. I love fountain pens and writing with them a lot. But those things get ink everywhere, I've never had it when they didn't, so I haven't had one in a while. But I love fountain pens, I've had many of them.