Has Typing Ruined Your Handwriting?

[labbiedor]

No, I think my handwriting looks the same way it always has. When I was in elementary school my teachers always told me it was too messy, and I learned to make it neater since then. I write really fast, though, so it doesn't look really nice or anything, but it's legible. I type a lot, though, and it's much easier for me to type than write, but I don't really have a choice in school.

[Siouxper]

I can't really tell, my notes are sloppy to the extent that I ask other people or a teacher to tell me what I wrote. I can write neatly if I try, but I probably will get a carpal tunnel one of these days. It has been that way ever since I learned how to write a sentence.

On the other hand, my typing might have messed up my writing because I have an issue with adding 'e' to the end of most of my words. It is just natural for me. But waaaaayyyy back before I used a computer every day, I didn't do that.


So, I just voted 'Yes' because although there wasn't an answer that fit my situation, I like voting

[Dragonfire]

No, because it's a little bad to begin with. Plus I still write quite a bit.

I do know, however, that as I've been typing stuff more my words per minute/keyboarding skills have increased greatly.

[Atamand]

Not really. I still write a lot, between school and such. If anything, it's made me lazier, because it's so easy to fix things or look them up.

[pipsqueeek]

On the other hand, my typing might have messed up my writing because I have an issue with adding 'e' to the end of most of my words. It is just natural for me. But waaaaayyyy back before I used a computer every day, I didn't do that.

I do that too. I think it's just when I'm writing fast my letters kind of connect in a half cursive, so at the end of the word I keep looping around.. and get and e.

[TiCup]

I wouldn't say it's so much as ruined my handwriting, which doesn't seem to have changed...but it's ruined my ability to write. My hands get tired and crampy if I try to handwrite something too much...when before I was on teh intarwebs I would write everything.

My grammar has also suffered, which is sad because I used to pride myself on my excellent grammar skills. Puh.

[Twizzler0171]

Nope. It hasn't for me, really -- my handwriting has gotten neater over the years, but I think that's because I write so much, and the more you write the more you practice and your letters turn out better.

[Xerophyte]

Nope, not at all.

Summer holidays do ruin my handwriting, though. But then it goes back to normal fairly quick.

[Flame]

My handwriting is fine. People say it's the neatest they've ever seen.

[Harmonize]

I try to avoid handwriting as much as I can. I have neat writing when I can be bothered to right neat, but usually I'm writing in a rush, so my writing is like 5 font sizes larger then normal and more scribbled. I suppose thats just me being used to typing really fast so I try to write really fast lol.

[DiscordantNote]

No, but my hand does tend to hurt more often when I write a lot (like a two page essay in a short amount of time). But that's probably several different factors there. Either way, my handwriting is still pretty neat with my right hand and my left is still legible.