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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
handwriting
noun
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■ NOUN
recognition
▪ Many of these applications may need some form of handwriting recognition.
▪ Such tablets first became available in the late 1950's and precipitated considerable activity in on-line handwriting recognition.
▪ On-line handwriting recognition requires some kind of digitising data tablet to capture the script as it is written.
▪ Effective and reliable handwriting recognition will necessarily form an important part of this new technology.
▪ Systems for handwriting recognition Script recognition systems are traditionally most heavily concerned with the problem of pattern recognition.
▪ There are arguments in favour of handwriting recognition.
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▪ Although recognition of handwriting has received much less attention the task is simpler and promising results have been obtained.
▪ Aunt Margaret's curly, black handwriting skipped and hopped on the paper because Melanie's eyes were so tired.
▪ Effective and reliable handwriting recognition will necessarily form an important part of this new technology.
▪ It was in the handwriting of my old friend Henry Jekyll.
▪ Likewise, in cursive handwriting it is often difficult to determine where one letter stops and another starts.
▪ Text recognition has the same remaining problem as handwriting recognition.
▪ They learn for a day the art of copperplate handwriting on slates.
▪ This described a form of handwriting used for everyday purposes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Handwriting

Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.

  1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

  2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.

    The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster.
    --Dan. v. 5.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
handwriting

c.1500, from hand (n.) + writing, translating Latin manuscriptum. Hand in the sense of "handwriting, style of writing" is from late 14c.\n\nAn ordinary note in his [Horace Greeley's] handwriting is said to have been used for a long time as a railroad pass, then as a servant's recommendation, and finally taken to a drug-store as a doctor's prescription.

["Frank Leslie's Magazine," August 1884]

Wiktionary
handwriting

n. 1 The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed. 2 The characteristic writing of a particular person. vb. (present participle of handwrite English)

WordNet
handwriting
  1. n. something written by hand; "she recognized his handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: hand, script]

  2. the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and painful for one with arthritis"

Wikipedia
Handwriting

Handwriting is writing created by a person with a writing utensil such as a pen or pencil. Handwriting includes both printing and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface. Because each person's handwriting is unique, it can be used to verify a document's writer.

The deterioration of a person's handwriting is also a symptom or result of certain diseases.

Handwriting (album)

Handwriting is the debut LP of the instrumental group Rachel's. It was released in May 1995 on Quarterstick Records.

Handwriting (disambiguation)

Handwriting may refer to a person's particular style of writing by hand.

Handwriting may also refer to:

  • Penmanship, the technique of writing with the hand and a writing instrument.
  • Hand (handwriting), a distinct style of calligraphy in palaeography
  • Manuscript, any written document that is put down by hand
  • Handwriting (album), a 1995 album by Rachel's
  • Cursive, commonly called "handwriting" in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Handwritten may refer to:

  • Handwritten (The Gaslight Anthem album), 2012, or the title track
  • Handwritten (Shawn Mendes album), 2015

Usage examples of "handwriting".

And then, of course, it would be of the utmost importance if you could spare a day to accompany me to Augsburg to see if the handwriting of these Blofeld families in the Archives, their Christian names and other family details, awaken any memories or connexions in your mind.

These productions, with the exception of the last, were never seen by any one even in the handwriting of Burns, and are one and all wanting in that original vigour of language and manliness of sentiment which distinguish his poetry.

The line of script glowed for a second as the office comps matched handwriting and pressure patterns against her samples on record.

Czech for newts was published, complete with illustrations of Czechoslovak handwriting styles.

Therefore, reading thus plainly the handwriting on the wall, Gato Mgungu seized this opportunity to lay the foundations of future friendship and understanding between them though he knew that Lulimi was an old fraud and his story doubtless a canard.

The handwriting is so vile and shuddering, it gives the appearance of having been written at sea in a Hebridean gale.

He reached for another sheet of paper and scrawled two lines across its china-clay surface, then signed the sheet with spidery handwriting and pushed it across the desk towards the Khedive, his fingers shaking.

A certified graphoanalyst, or handwriting expert, for twenty-five years, Samas, who is also a psychotherapist, had completed undergraduate and graduate studies at Columbia University and once served as the president of the New York chapter of the International Graphoanalysis Society.

He took a quick look at the bill sent by the building management, read the politely worded note written in fine, Spencerian handwriting, and made a resolution to pay up the rent as soon as he had some money.

Pius IX was back, it was true, supported by the might of a foreign power, but the fact wasand Pius knew itthat the handwriting on the wall of the Lateran Palace was finally indelible.

Han helped pioneer handwriting technology as a timesaving gift for his wife.

Sergeant Whitson had asked the Ramseys for handwriting exemplars to compare with the note, and John had quickly given him two white, lined legal tablets.

The note was written with a black, felt-tip marking pen, and the blocky handwriting appeared to belong to someone who was either extremely nervous or consciously attempting to disguise his or her normal style, possibly by writing with the nondominant hand.

As he reascended the stairs, somewhat more quickly than his wont, Spence gave narrow attention to the handwriting on the envelopes.

First there were the handwriting experts who photographed the signatures, made lantern slides of them, and examined them on the screen.