Because people wanted to see

[cleolinda]

I'm not used to this scanner, so it's neither as big nor as dark as it should be. (Note: I do actually write lowercase T's--as in the word "printing"--but the scanner doesn't seem to be picking them up.) But (click to enlarge):





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Mechanical pencil on white printer paper--

This is what my "nice" "printing" looks like. I used to have a separate "cursive" hand, but now they're just totally blended together. Notice the weird shortcut that I use for the -ing combination. Also, at some point, I just became incapable of writing a lowercase D in the middle of a word. Well, mostly.

This is what my printed italics look like, as one would use for emphasis in the middle of a printed sentence.

This is what my messy note-taking handwriting looks like. Most of my handwritten drafts look like this.

This is my real (first name) signature--Lauren.

[Lauren]
No, I am somehow not a doctor.

This is what my pen name signature looks like, which I probably shouldn't give you in easily-abusable image format, but it's not like someone couldn't scan in one of the books I've signed, so--

there's not always a curl on the C --> [Cleolinda Jones] <-- sometimes I put a loop on the J
You can tell I'm not used to signing this because some of the letters are actually distinct.

(No, I did not use a line guide. My lines are somehow always this straight.)

There is also probably something to be said from a handwriting analysis POV about the fact that I sign w/ large, flourishing initial letters and then get lazy. Maybe that I'm a big-picture person, or that I have a big ego, or that I start projects w/ enthusiasm but rarely finish. All of these things are probably true.

Comments

[kelaina.livejournal.com]

I love your handwriting! It reminds me of old style 19th century font. It's the kind of thing I would totally use on a manip.

It's awesome. Mine is just ugly and plain and boring.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Huh. I can't see it, but then, it's my handwriting. Maybe because a lot of the mid-range letters are indistinct, but then anything high/looped or low (like a y) is somewhat exaggerated and thin?

[lisa-zj.livejournal.com]

Wow, that has to be the straightest hand written lines I've ever seen! Mine would look like a waterfall going off the side of the page. As well as being completely illegible! I write Word docs for my kids' notes at school. Really.

I love the handwriting analysis. Hee!

And this: No, I am somehow not a doctor. :)

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Mine is as well. I write the most tragically slanted lines, which is why I usually stick w/lined paper.

[glenvorian.livejournal.com]

I like it! Mine is bad lol - looks like it belongs to a little kid.

[insomniacafe547.livejournal.com]

To reiterate what kelaina said - nice handwriting! It seems very...how do I say this? It looks like the style of writing you would find in old 19th C letters. Very aesthetically pleasing to the sight. :-)
And also, your messy note-taking handwriting reminds me of JK Rowling's.

[mumford519.livejournal.com]

Nice handwriting.
I don't write cursive a lot, mostly I print. And I always right my R's in capital letters even if it is the middle of a word. I wonder what that means.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, that might be a good idea, actually, because I always trip over getting a lower case R to actually look like anything--half the time it looks like I skipped over it.

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

I like the sort of scribbly look aesthetically but it's hard to read *squints*.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, that's why I usually type. : )

[infinityshark.livejournal.com]

In a few years, that piece of paper will be a prized collectible :)

[strife-caecus.livejournal.com]

My handwriting nowadays is almost always in a print style since it's the easiest to read when writing informal notes. I can still write cursive, but it's very rusty from years of disuse. I have stopped using it in the late 90s during high school when we made the transition from writing our papers in pen and cursive to typing them on computers.

As much of a computer geek as I am, I still advocate decent (if not great) handwriting and legibility--which from my POV doesn't seem to be as popular nowadays thanks to the progression of the Information Age...

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

I read somewhere that some schools don't teach kids cursive anymore, because it frustrates them and makes them not want to write at all. I kind of feel like that's a shame.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

I love your Cleo signature. I want it on my book someday! :D

[internal666.livejournal.com]

My handwriting looks like something a 6 year old with a broken hand would've done. Okay maybe not that bad, but very close.

My biggest problem is that I always underestimate how much room I have to use on a piece of paper, so . As a result .

Oh, and all my lower case Rs, Hs and Ns look alike.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

There is also probably something to be said from a handwriting analysis POV about the fact that I sign w/ large, flourishing initial letters and then get lazy.

Holmes reclined in his chair, holding the letter before him.

"Ah, yes, Watson. Hum. Best quality electrons. URL, a Livejournal address? What manner of wanker have you taken up with, Watson? Tell me now, what do you make of this fellow's scribble?"

"The illegible scrawl suggests one of the medical profession, perhaps of middle age. I suspect the palsy."

"Come now, Watson! The author is surely feminine. The Livejournal address makes it a certainty. No, this was a woman of some character, but perhaps an introvert. The bold capitals cast some doubt on this analysis, however — I go so far as to say she is an extrovert online."

I was thrown into some confusion.

[diddakoi.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Aw, your handwriting is so writerly and stuff. (It reminds me a bit of the Jane Austen font, you know?). You've seen mine, I think - I am a *mess*. (Maybe it's doctors and lawyers...?) I don't even know how to do "printed italics." Heh.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Eh, you just slant a bit to the right. Mine were more impressive when I was in grade school and had very neat, non-cursive printing--you could actually see the slant.

[mellie.livejournal.com]

Your handwriting is absolutely romantic. I would enjoy receiving letters from you for the mere fact that I would love looking at it. It's fun getting to see this other side of you while you wait for your silly computers :c

Also, I love how neat your signatures are.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Your “Lauren” is virtually indistinguishable from my Lisa ;)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See! Doctors, both of us.

[corinnethewise.livejournal.com]

I am totally with you on writing the first letter big and then scribbling the rest. My name is Corinne M. Tagliarina and I have a big pretty C, M, and T, and some scribbles afterward. Hehe.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

Me too. My first name generally gets all the letters, but my last name (Zyglowicz) gets the Z, the l, and then a sort of curly swoosh for the rest. XD

[r-a-black.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of JKR's handwriting, actually.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

It looks like your writing scrawl is almost as messy as mine! Glad I'm note alone. Half the time when I'm writing I can't even read things later, because words turn into a sort of scrawl of one line with a few little bumps.

This is a fun exercise. I should hunt down some of my handwriting samples for my own journal.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

* NOT alone. D'oh. >_> Talk about poor handwriting, I can't even type right.

[acaciakitty.livejournal.com]

I can't write on unlined paper. It always looks like I had a stroke about 3 lines in.

I have a weird mix of cursive and print. It looks like I can't decide which one I want to write in, but I do it without thinking.

[shawnmarie04.livejournal.com]

Your "Lauren" signature looks an awful lot like my husband's "Lance" signature. And no, he's not a doctor either. =-)

[super-tricie341.livejournal.com]

Ha, that's pretty much how my printing looks like, only much more illegible. I write my "-ings" the same way. I envy your ability to write completely straight lines--my lines tend to slant upwards.

[super-tricie341.livejournal.com]

Gack, if it wasn't clear, I meant to say that my handwriting is much more illegible than yours.

[wellowned.livejournal.com]

your handwriting reminds me of my gran in england's handwriting. occasionally illegible, but generally aesthetically pleasing.

i wish mine looked that way, anyway. usually i get this... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ambrosia18/DSCI0058.jpg) and much worse when i don't have lines at the ready.

[constancedh.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? I clicked on the picture and your handwriting looks really really pretty!

Also the icon is awesome :D

[xerinmichellex.livejournal.com]

I really like your handwriting, Cleolinda. I agree with everyone else that it looks really fancy. Mine's a cross between lazy cursive and chicken scratch.

[angelene.livejournal.com]

My handwriting has been a mix between "cursive" and "printed" for the longest time. It didn't help that I studied ancient Greek for five years in school, so some of the Greek alphabet letters began to translate into my regular (Italian) writing. Your handwriting is scrawly-adorable in the same fashion that, say, a head of tousled hair is. :)

[beag-beran.livejournal.com]

I also sign things with a big, flowery initial letter and then a squiggly line, but there are two reasons for that - 1, my name is quite long, and 2, when I was little I examined my parents' signitures for inspiration and noticed that that's how my Dad signs things (he actually manages to make an A look like a C by writing it lower case but really big...). Yes, I put that much thought into it, I was 11, it seemed important. So I'm not sure what that says about me!

[flossiepots.livejournal.com]

I'm a Lauren too! And I do my capital J's and L's exactly the same in my signature (I'm a Lauren J.) :)