Card catalogs had their own elegant standardized handwriting

I’ve noticed that almost no-one uses it. My g’s aren’t as complicated, but I deliberately changed my handwriting when I was around 17; it was illegible and I suddenly needed to turn in notes from my undergrad chem lab notebook regularly. So, I went from a scrawling cursive inspired chicken scratch (when i see old stuff I handwrote it’s impossible to read) to my current handwriting, which I (patting myself on the back) regularly get compliments from people who have to read it.

Science isn’t about me, it’s about sharing, so I figure my notes ought to be readable.

I’ve just started learning Spencerian script, that’s a ways off but I could do that.

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