Then, as early as the 1st century CE, minuscule began to emerge: smaller, rounder letters that required fewer strokes. You ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

I started learning to write in kindergarten, but that of course was in script, with separate letters ... Zorro-like lowercase Zs to the quite mature-looking double-squiggle of the cursive version.