Mine has become somewhat (probably more than somewhat) prettier, a bit more rounded and so on. That said, my original handwriting was a complete mess, so it's still not what I would call pretty. I also at times have hand tremor because of medicines, which obviously affects handwriting. But all in all, yes, it has changed. I have no idea how people would "gender" my handwriting (which is pure and utter nonsense anyways, you can't determine gender from handwriting), I guess it would depend on the person seeing it and also on my mood, degree of hand tremor and whether or not I was in a hurry at the time of writing.

Also, in general, I rarely write by hand at all except when signing stuff or in rare cases filling in forms which can't be filled in electronically. Oh, and finals at university, but even then I use a computer for everything except math, electronics (drawing circuits in MS Word is kind of a hassle) and other courses where the test isn't text-centered. I can go weeks without touching a pen in extreme cases. I suspect frequency of handwriting also plays a huge part - if I wrote more stuff by hand, I'd probably also get better at it.

People have always complemented me on my handwriting since I was about in my mid 20s.  I had quit writing cursive by then as that did look like chicken scratch.  I print everything in a neat upright and slightly rounded style and have gotten so I can print much faster than trying to write cursive.  It's neat and very easy to read.

My bank used to call me a human typewriter...printed everything neatly and in small font.  My mom was a calligraphy artist and I was trained in cursive writing.  The cursive has slipped into disuse to a degree where I have to think about shaping the lettering.

The other day, I noted the printing in something I had jotted down.  My lettering was way more fluid with a lot of the sharp edges rounded.  Still very legible, but definitely different.  I figure it is just that my hand musculature has atrophied some and so I am gripping the pen differently.

Quote from: Carrie Liz on November 29, 2015, 06:27:41 AM
I worked REALLY hard on making mine look better, basically redoing all of my mechanics from square one to try and make everything look neater and re-write all of my mental bad habits in terms of letters and numbers that I was shaping wrong, and yes, effort does pay off. After about 2 weeks of forcing yourself to write things in a new way, it becomes second-nature, so now my handwriting looks much better.

Would you be able to share the process you used to make your handwriting more "girly"? Mine still looks horrible even when I slow down. Thanks!

Interesting topic! I do a lot of translation work of Buddhist root texts and always do my first draft by hand, because it enables me to really absorb the text. I've often been told that my handwriting is very feminine and meticulous, but when I see other women's handwriting, it's almost invariably rounded.

So does this handwriting "pass" as feminine? Is it actually possible to determine gender identity on basis of one's handwriting?

The picture is a random page of my translation of Ye Tsongkhapa's Book of three inspirations (this one: http://promienie.net/categories/philosophy-spirituality/buddhism/dharma-collection/item/112-three-inspirations)

I found an interesting page about the subject over here:

http://www.tsroadmap.com/physical/handwriting/

Back when I was in high school, my English teacher said that my writing looked like hieroglyphics. Unfortunately, it still rings true to this day.

Quote from: Naomi71 on January 06, 2016, 03:25:46 PM
I found an interesting page about the subject over here:

http://www.tsroadmap.com/physical/handwriting/

Great link, thanks!

Mine is as bad as ever, fun part of that is that growing up and even now I would sign my name as Michelle and people thought for sure it was Michael unless they looked super close

  One thing that has changed though is my artistic styles, I'm a professional artist and once I was able to be in total girl mode it all comes so easy and natural whilst in boy mode it was duller and often a struggle.