handwriting

Types:

stenography

the act or art of writing in shorthand

subscription

the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document)

execution, execution of instrument

(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

Type of:

committal to writing, writing

the activity of putting something in written form

Synonyms:

hand, script

Types:

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shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy

a method of writing rapidly

cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand

rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

calligraphy, chirography, penmanship

beautiful handwriting

cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble

poor handwriting

minuscule

a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts

copperplate

a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used on copperplate engravings

italic

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

round hand

a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves

chicken scratch

cramped or illegible handwriting

squiggle

an illegible scrawl

Type of:

writing

letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language