Penmanship is the art of writing by hand, and also how good you are at it: neat penmanship, poor penmanship, beautiful penmanship. It can mean the skill you practise, or the look of the letters on the page.

Penmanship Penmanship is the art of writing by hand是手寫的技藝, and also how good you are at it也指你這方面寫得好不好: neat penmanship整齊的字跡, poor penmanship潦草的字跡, beautiful penmanship漂亮的字跡。It它 can mean可以指 the skill you practise你練習的那項技巧, or the look of the letters on the page也可以指紙上字母的樣子。

The word is a little old-fashioned now. People more often say handwriting.

The word這個字 is a little old-fashioned現在有點過時 now了。People大家 more often say比較常說 handwriting handwriting。

In many English-speaking schools, penmanship used to be a real subject, with lined paper and careful joins; today children type far more, so the word itself feels like something from an older classroom.

In many English-speaking schools在很多英語系國家的學校裡, penmanship penmanship used to be a real subject以前是正式的一門課, with lined paper and careful joins用有線的紙練習仔細的連筆; today今天 children type far more小孩打字打得多很多, so the word itself feels like something from an older classroom所以這個字本身讓人感覺是舊時代教室裡的東西。

It is about letters made with a pen or pencil, not about typing, and not about Chinese brush writing. You can praise the idea on the page and still say the penmanship is messy — the thoughts may be fine while the letters wobble.

It它 is about letters made with a pen or pencil講的是用筆或鉛筆寫出來的字, not about typing不是打字, and not about Chinese brush writing也不是指中文的毛筆書法。You can praise the idea on the page你可以稱讚紙上的想法 and still say the penmanship is messy同時還是說字跡很潦草 — the thoughts may be fine想法可能沒問題 while the letters wobble字卻歪七扭八。