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Cursive

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writtenHaving been written.
longhandnounThe written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.

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writtenHaving been written.
longhandnounThe written characters used in the common method of writing; opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.
joined up(politics) coordinated across government departments
curlyHaving curls.
semicursivenounOf or relating to a style of writing Chinese characters (xingshu) that is not as abbreviated as cursive.
calligraphicOf or pertaining to calligraphy.
graphical(computing) Of, related to, or using graphics.
virgularmade up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system
circumflexed(linguistics, of a written word) Having a circumflex accent.
letterlikenounResembling or characteristic of a letter of the alphabet.
swashnoun(technical) The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
letteredEducated, especially having an academic degree.
boustrophedonnoun(epigraphy) Text written such that its direction alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines; frequently also involving the corresponding alternation of letter directionality using mirrored letters, indicating the direction of the text at any given point.
cacographicDisplaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
majusculed(rare) Written in majuscule; capitalized.
circumflexnounA diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
sigmoidnoun(mathematics) Ellipsis of sigmoid function. [(mathematical analysis, statistics) Any of various real functions whose graph resembles an elongated letter "S"; specifically, the logistic function y=(eˣ)/(eˣ+1)=1/(1+e⁻ˣ).]
minusculeVery small; tiny.
romannoun(typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.
italicnoun(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.

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