I wonder if they still teach handwriting in schools. I had to spend hours practicing just long lines of slightly slanted connected verticals, and then an accordion roll of cconnected circles.The Palmer Method, I think it was called. I wrote in a nice round hand, but never got to be ruler of the Queen's navy. (Hi, wofa!)
I was quietly proud of the fact no nurse or pharmacist ever had to ask me what a word was.Then in Mechanical Drawing, I had to learn to print well. A blessing now that my handwriting has deteriorated, but I can still blockprint
very legibly, an asset now that I can't see what I am writing.
I started this wondering if "cacography" could be extended to mean writing worthless prose. There ought to be a word for that. I'm a master at it.