Do you know the answer to this question? It might be tougher than you think! In today’s article, we’ll examine the four main differences between cursive and calligraphy.
For me, “What’s the difference between cursive and calligraphy?” is one of those questions that I hear and I think I have a ready answer for. Then, the more I consider it, the more complicated the answer gets. I suppose that cursive can be calligraphy, and calligraphy can be cursive, which makes the differences between the two more interesting. I made a (very short) YouTube video for today’s post, but if you prefer text and photos, feel free to scroll past the video!
If you speak a romance language, you might notice that cursive has that “cur” root … correr, corre, courir, these words all mean “to run”. And that’s the point of cursive — to go fast! Well before the possibility of typewriters loomed on the horizon, cursive was developed as a way to help its writer create words quickly. The idea is that you write an entire word without picking up your pen (except to dot i’s and cross t’s)!
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