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I wondered whether there was a connection between cacography and the expression 'cack-handed', but it seems not:
Cack-handed: Chiefly British 1. Left-handed. 2. Awkward; clumsy. Perhaps from Old Norse keikr, bent backwards; akin to Danish keite, left-handed.
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