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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/14/18trlh9jtcbemjpg.jpg?quality=75970546Handwriting is dying out in general, but cursive especially. Does anyone under the age of 20 ever use it anymore? They will, if the minds behind Lernstift have anything to say about it. They’ve got a haptic smart-pen that will spell-check your script, but does that really make it any more enticing?