Thicker ink meant it didn't smudge as easily as its predecessor, the fountain pen—but it also made writing by hand more physically demanding.

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. Growing up in Saudi Arabia, I learned cursive with a fountain pen in the third grade as part of the standard curriculum. I wasn’t good at ...

But can they hold a pen and produce the kind of handwriting that would land you a smiley-face sticker on your grade-school homework? If the answer is "no," then a few easy steps can help.

2. Handwriting sharpens the brain and helps us learn. Writing is good for keeping one’s gray matter sharp and may even influence how we think, as in “more positively,” studies show ...

Guided by Kaligo handwriting exercises running on a tablet, students will use the pen to write individual letters on a regular sheet of paper.

Even if students use digital pens and write by hand on an interactive computer screen, cursive handwriting helps the brain learn and remember better.

Computers and tablets are changing how we write – will the ability and need to wield a pen die out altogether? We're told that writing is dying. Typing on keyboards and screens dominates written ...

Primary school students working towards their pen licences will be trying to complete tasks that allow them to write in pen - but is this the best way to improve your handwriting?

Even if students use digital pens and write by hand on an interactive computer screen, cursive handwriting helps the brain learn and remember better.

Primary school students working towards their pen licences will be trying to complete tasks that allow them to write in pen - but is this the best way to improve your handwriting?