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>>23120647
typing
>faster
>no hand cramps
>infinite amount of paper and pencil/ink
>1 button to undo mistakes
>convenient for cross-referencing things on the internet and in prior work
handwriting
>write too fast and it turns into illegible shorthand crap
>pencils break, pens run out of ink, papers break
>erasing stuff makes ugly smudges
and the worst downside
>makes you look like a pseud

>>23120647
>Aesthetically: Writing
>Practically: Typing.
I take more notes and write down more ideas with my cell or pc than a notebook just for speed and convenience.

>>23120661
It's over when i say it's over
>>23120664
The pros for typing are good . . . But what about the pros for handwriting? Some physical motor neuron part of the brain is engaged in handwriting, and it lets you unlock ideas you never even knew you had

>>23120647
>Handwriting vs typing
Hot lead typesetting better than \LaTeX

>>23120721
Bro who has even any lead to melt ????

>>23120782
Real Typesetters

>>23120647
no great work of art has ever been typed on a computer

>>23120887
Prove it

Handwriting
>I'm more expressive and emotive
>My (awful) handwriting can still convey some sort of feeling
>Sometimes prone being indecipherable
>The speed of my thoughts don't match the speed of my writing

Typing
>Fast and concise
>Able to write down ideas easily without loss of grammar
>Able to correct yourself faster
>Readable
>Not as expressive and emotive as handwriting
>Feels cold and calculated
>Speed and thought go hand in hand

>>23120994
So what's the best of both worlds? Dictation???

>>23120647
dictating

>>23121084
If you want best of both worlds, do this:
>create an AI
>have your thousands of your writing copied and compiled
>have the AI scan your texts, lexicon and handwriting style
>create a program that coincides with your AI
>now type with an AI that mimics your handwriting

>>23121084
>So what's the best of both worlds?
An expert hotlead or linotype mathematical typographer typesetting your document in 1963.

Or Knuth sucking you off.

>>23121148
Who's knoth and are they cut or uncut

I like writing because it goes click-click tap-tap

I prefer typing on my TVS Gold mechanical keyboard as it feels pleasurebale & satisfying.

>>23122156
I like typing for the same reason, the older the keyboard the better

>>23120647
fountain pens provide the best writing experience

>>23120647
Typing is better for work, when you need speed and convenience but don't need to digest things too much. Handwriting is better when you're putting a lot of thought in and makes your writing much more deliberate. I prefer handwriting when I want to think through something or when I'm working on poetry, and typing if I'm pumping out papers.

That said, you don't have to debate between them since you can always handwrite something and then transcribe it. This is the best way when you want to process everything you've written and get the benefits of a typed copy (legibility, speed, accessibility, and portability).

The only real benefit of hand-writing is retaining the information you write down.

probably writing down is better when it comes to ideas

>>23120647
>Handwriting vs typing
Traveling bards who sing an entire epic in a night for their supper.