I'm not sure I understand your question. I'll answer anyway. I am a native of the U.S. In most places in the U.S. children are first taught to write "manuscript." Manuscript consists of separate letters. It looks like the sans serif type used here on italki. We are taught to write both upper-case and lower-case letters. At about age eight or nine, the schools then teach "cursive." Cursive letters are connected. Cursive is often called simply "handwriting." Learning to write well is called "penmanship." Nowadays, most people do most of their writing on a keyboard. As a result, many of us (including me) have lost our skill at penmanship. My cursive writing is almost illegible. I only use it for my signature. When I am forced to write with a pencil or pen, if it is for my own use I write separate letters, "manuscript," upper- and lower-case. Even this is hard for other people to read. though. When it is important for other people to read my writing, for example when I am addressing a letter, I use "block letters" (separated letters, uppercase only). There is starting to be controversy about the teaching of cursive. Some school systems in the United States think it is a waste of time. They are no longer teaching it. Others continue to think it is important and continue to teach it.

Like Dan, I am not sure I understand your question entirely but I think you may be interested in what I have to say. 1. Many British people still write a lot of letters and notes using pen and paper, especially thank-you letters for a dinner party, a country weekend, an act of kindness, etc. 2. The Queen Mother and Princess Diana wrote thank-you notes to their chefs, who were just one or two floors downstairs in the same house, frequently. These are searchable on the internet. The Queen Mother wrote her orders for drinks and food almost on a daily basis on headed paper to her staff, much in the way that Hillary Clinton ordered coffee by email to assistants sitting just outside her office. 3. The rule in Britain is that one writes and posts a thank-you note the next day to the hostess (never the host if a party has been hosted by husband and wife unless the host is a head of state) so that it will arrive within three days of the day of the party if in the same country. 4. Here is the link to the Google page showing some handwritten letters of Queen Elizabeth II: http://www.google.com.hk/search?q=letters+of+the+queen+Elizabeth&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI9fjJx8bvxwIVAuemCh1PdAj4 Please enjoy the handwriting. May the handwritten letter never die. Amen.