Comment by Symbiote

Last time this was discussed on HN, I was surprised how 'loopy' the standard American handwriting style taught in schools was.

In Britain it's much less fancy [1]. It's also normal to use a fountain pen from around age 7 — at least, I did in the 1990s, and they're still widely sold in shops. These examples seem to be pencil and a rollerball pen though.

(For more images, search "joined up writing primary school" as young children don't often use the word "cursive".)

[1] https://skidbyprimaryschool.org.uk/curriculum-intent/english... (Year 1 = age 5-6, Year 6 = age 10-11).