Not all writing should be done on a computer. Cursive script is still very useful, especially outside of the US. Cursive script gives a personal touch to greeting cards and letters.Please download these two TTF fonts and install them on your computer:
Get Cursif and Cursif & Lignes here:
http://www.fontspace.com/christophe-beaumale/cursif
These two French cursive fonts will help you learn to write in beautiful European-style script.
For people in Europe and South America, American ball-and-stick writing ("ball-and-stick has produced a handwriting disaster") looks childish. D'Nealian Manuscript is a modified form (+ "monkey tail") of ball and stick. Some people think it is better than plain ball-and-stick.