I understand the temptation. From the beginning I wanted to scrap parts of the alphabet and start over. From the pedagogical perspective, accepting the fact that children have to learn 4 versions of the same alphabet (capital and non-capital, print and cursive), makes me feel like I’m condoning torture. The only common English uses for the capitals are to set off sentence beginnings and proper nouns, both of which could be handled differently. And now that we’re beyond the days of manual typesetting, the only justification for print fonts is that they’re easier to read than cursive fonts. I’d love to find or create a non-capital, cursive font that’s just as easy to read as print fonts, and then scrap three of the four alphabets. but even separated and with serifs, cursive fonts just never seem to be as easy on the eyes as print fonts. So I decided to stay with contemporary English conventions to enhance ease of learning for English-speaking adults.
From the pedagogical perspective, accepting the fact that children have to learn 4 versions of the same alphabet (capital and non-capital, print and cursive)
I don’t think there a real reason why kids have to learn cursive these days. When I write notes I write print letters myself and my notes are much easier to read.
I understand the temptation. From the beginning I wanted to scrap parts of the alphabet and start over. From the pedagogical perspective, accepting the fact that children have to learn 4 versions of the same alphabet (capital and non-capital, print and cursive), makes me feel like I’m condoning torture. The only common English uses for the capitals are to set off sentence beginnings and proper nouns, both of which could be handled differently. And now that we’re beyond the days of manual typesetting, the only justification for print fonts is that they’re easier to read than cursive fonts. I’d love to find or create a non-capital, cursive font that’s just as easy to read as print fonts, and then scrap three of the four alphabets. but even separated and with serifs, cursive fonts just never seem to be as easy on the eyes as print fonts. So I decided to stay with contemporary English conventions to enhance ease of learning for English-speaking adults.
I don’t think there a real reason why kids have to learn cursive these days. When I write notes I write print letters myself and my notes are much easier to read.