Been print'n ever since.
> “Hell, my penmanship ended in 1965 in radio school when I saw my printing was waaayyyy nicer than my Palmer Method.”
I’ve been printing since the sixties too. My cursive was always clear but rather infantile, and I decided that printing would create a better impression. The major drawback was that it slowed me down a bit in taking notes and on essay tests (though not much because I learned to print very fast). I suspect that on tests the teachers were so glad not to have to read somebody’s handwriting that it may have worked to my benefit.
Some individuality is lost in printing personal letters, of course, but people rarely write them anymore.