[TimButterfield]

For efficiency, a form of short-hand may be faster. But, if what you write needs to be legible to others, a printed form can be beneficial for this. Cursive is not always as legible to others. James Pickering used to have some pages describing his use of italics based on the teachings of Bennardino Cataneo. I like it and used it some when I was more active in writing with fountain pens (a whole 'nother topic). Since most of my writing is with a keyboard, I never practiced enough to write quickly. His site is no longer active, but it can be found in the archive. Here is one page describing this italics. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728053426/http://jp29.org/i...

[Curiositry]

Thank you! I’m enjoying going through the archives.