Noun

(en noun)

A cursive character, letter or font.

A manuscript written in cursive characters.

Noun

(en-noun)

The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.

The characteristic writing of a particular person.

* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=F. Marion Crawford, title=Taquisara, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1893, author=Joseph B. Lightfoot, title=Essays on "Supernatural Religion", chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult. }}

* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=P. S. Allen, title=The Age of Erasmus, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings ; to decipher monograms; to collect facts. }}

Text that was written by hand.