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I looked up letters written by other 20th century scientists, the average looks pretty good: Marie Curie: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7722951 Tesla: https://www.benjamindecasseres.com/nikola-teslas-letter-to-b...

They all seem to have this really "flowy" style

>...They all seem to have this really "flowy" style.

I guess, the flow was needed to literally maintain the flow of ink off the pen.

This is what cursive was designed for - removing and replacing the pen could result in a splotch so it was reduced as much as possible.

The average looks pretty similar to what's taught in schools today (in places that still teach handwriting).