longhand
Writing by hand
Longhand is ordinary handwriting, as opposed to shorthand or typing.
The term usually appears when contrasting methods: She wrote the letter in longhand rather than typing it.
Writing something out in longhand suggests taking the slower, more deliberate approach.
Joined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- letteringStyled written characters
ink · pen · paper · notebook · journal · fountain pen · ballpoint · pencil
Original text before publication
- draftPreliminary version of text
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- letterWritten symbol or message
- diaryPersonal daily record
memoir · journal · narrative · text · document · correspondence · transcription · dictation
cursive
Joined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
lettering · ink · pen · paper · notebook · journal · fountain pen · ballpoint · pencil · quill
manuscript
Original text before publication
diary · memoir · journal · narrative · text · document · correspondence · transcription · dictation · note-taking
unabbreviated
Spelled out entirely
explicit · detailed · thorough · extensive · elaborated · longform
- writing methodscursive, calligraphy, print, typing, block letters
- letteringlettering styles, letterforms, calligraphy, serif, cursive
- Writer's Lifepen name, pseudonym, ghost writer, muse, writer's block
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- Transcriptiontranscript, transcriptionist, live transcription, verbatim, dictation
- writing stylesformal, informal, minimalism, maximalism, concise
longhandshorthand
Abbreviated writing system
stenography · Gregg shorthand · speedwriting · Pitman shorthand · abbreviation
longhandtyping
Entering text via keyboard
typewriting · word processing · keyboarding · print · type
hand, long, length, handy, hands, handwriting, shorthand, handwritten, handwrite