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cursive

style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner
Thing handwriting_style Q1079418
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cursive

Summary

cursive is a handwriting style[1]. cursive ranks in the top 3% of handwriting_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,381 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cursive's instance of is recorded as handwriting style[3].
  • cursive is a type of font[4].
  • cursive is a type of handwriting style[5].
  • cursive's Commons category is recorded as Cursive[6].
  • cursive's different from is recorded as italic[7].

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Definition and Type

cursive's instance of is recorded as handwriting style[3]. Recorded subclass of include font[4] and handwriting style[5].

Why It Matters

cursive ranks in the top 3% of handwriting_style entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,381 views/month).[2] cursive has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] cursive is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cursive. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cursive
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cursive_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cursive}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cursive}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → font, handwriting style
    Instance of → handwriting style
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2650, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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