Handwriting of our founding fathers found in the constitution and declaration of independance ?

Question

How was it so good, and how can I make my own handwriting get like that?

Any tips or sites would be appreciative.

It was so detailed.

No sarcasm please.

Answer 1

Calligraphy and cursive writing are two different approaches to writing. You are discussing cursive writing.
Cursive writing is any style of handwriting which is designed for writing down notes and letters by hand. In the Latin and Cyrillic languages the letters in a word are connected, making a word one single complex stroke. In British English, the phrase "joined-up writing" is far more commonly used, while the term "running writing" is sometimes used in Australia. Cursive is considered distinct from the so-called "printing" or "block letter" style of handwriting, in which the letters of a word are unconnected, and from "print-writing", which is a cross between cursive and printing, with some unconnected letters and some connected. In the Hebrew cursive and Roman cursive, the letters are not connected.
Cursive English
In the handwriting of William Bradford, in the early seventeenth century, most of the letters were separate, but a few were joined as in a cursive hand. By the late eighteenth century, a century and a half later, the situation had reversed; in Thomas Jefferson's draft of the United States Declaration of Independence most but not all of the letters were joined. The presentation copy of the Declaration, written professionally a few days later, was written in a fully cursive hand. Eighty-seven years later, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln drafted the Gettysburg Address in a cursive hand that would not look out of place today.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, before the development of the typewriter, professional correspondence was written in cursive. This was called a "fair hand", meaning it looked good, and all clerks in a firm were trained to write in the exact same script. In the early days of the post office, letters were written in cursive — and to fit more text on a single sheet, the text was continued in lines crossing at 90-degrees from the original text. Block letters could not do this.
Although women's handwriting had noticeably different particulars from men's, the general forms were not prone to rapid change. In the mid-nineteenth century, comparatively few children were taught cursive, and as it was an important skill, more emphasis could be placed on learning it; there was no pervasive striving for efficiency in the classroom. Few simplifications appeared as the middle of the twentieth century was reached. An example of the timeframe in which cursive came to be taught is that in the United States, it would usually be taught in second or third grade (around ages seven to nine).
After the 1960s, it was decided that the teaching of cursive writing was more difficult than it needed to be. Forms of simply slanted characters, termed italic, were argued as being easier and traditional cursive unnecessary. Also, the copyrighting of handwritten letter forms as a sort of typeface became profitable. Because of this, a number of various new forms of cursive appeared in the late twentieth century; D'Nealian and Zaner-Bloser are two of them. With the range of options available, handwriting became unstandardized across different school systems in different English-speaking countries.
With the advent of computers, cursive as a way of formalizing correspondence has fallen out of favor. Any task which would have once required a "fair hand" is now done using word processing and a printer. Increasingly, the teaching of cursive is being de-emphasized in schools, and is generally reserved only for situations such as timed tests with large writing portions, where it is considered faster, although this use too is falling out of favor.

Finding ‘free’ methods of learning cursive on the internet is not easy. There are many ‘paid for’ courses. One such which has some examples is at:
http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/handwriting/?gclid=CJicp9TDt40CFRcqIgodxhxjIQ
There is a small fee to join this group but it may be worth what you are seeking.

Answer 2

Not all of the founding fathers were Christians but the main difference back then, the unbelieving and Christian politicians actually got along quite well for the most part because they had common goals, wants and needs for the country and families. Unlike today where the political candidates would just as soon assassinate the character of their opponent and ignore the needs of the country. The Constitution is actually more of a secular document with some Biblically minded thoughts from some of the authors. Most of the people who came to this country to settle were Christians but as they always do, things changed over the years. Now look at the mess we are in. Although over half of the people in America profess a belief in God, He is all but completely forgotten and ignored by the majority. I personally feel that this country is no longer Christian based as it was when the Pilgrims came here. Secular humanism is more the norm now, unfortunately.

Answer 3

It was that good because they practiced. (You know, something people did before TV existed).

Get yourself a set of calligraphy pens, and google around for
cursive
penmanship

Answer 4

Sorry, but you can't improve your penmanship using a keyboard.
Good luck

Answer 5

"No sarcasm please."


it's just too easy.