Editing Cursive (section)

== Origin ==
The origins of the cursive method are associated with the practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the [[quill]]. Quills are fragile, easily broken, and will spatter unless used properly. They also run out of ink faster than most contemporary writing utensils. Steel [[dip pen]]s followed quills; they were sturdier, but still had some limitations. The individuality of the provenance of a document (see [[Signature]]) was a factor also, as opposed to machine [[font]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jean |first=Georges |author-link=Georges Jean |year=1997 |title=[[Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts]] |series='[[Découvertes Gallimard|New Horizons]]' series |location=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson Ltd }}</ref> Cursive was also favoured because the writing tool was rarely taken off the paper.
The term ''cursive'' derives from [[Middle French]] {{lang|frm|cursif}} from [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la|cursivus}}, which literally means 'running'. This term in turn derives from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|currere}} ('to run, hasten').<ref>{{cite web |last=Harper |first=Douglas |title=cursive |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cursive |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=29 October 2011 }}</ref> Although by the 2010s, the use of cursive appeared to be on the decline, {{As of|2019|lc=y}} it seemed to be coming back into use.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rueb |first1=Emily S. |title=Cursive Seemed to Go the Way of Quills and Parchment. Now It's Coming Back. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/education/cursive-writing.html |access-date=1 September 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 April 2019}}</ref>