>From: Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 26, 2012 1:45 PM
>I think at the very least we need to retain the ability to read
>cursive, just because it is the form in which the originals of much our world's history exists.
The ability to read historical documents isn't "reading cursive." It's paleography and it's been a specialty pursuit for ages. And many of those who spend serious time in archives will tell you studying paleography in a seminar is pretty useless because there's no way to cover everything you'll encounter in the documents you'll see. You just have to dig in and learn on the job.