The word “handwriting” refers to texts written by hand.
Handwritten forms of any languages, combined together as handwritings, are considered to be one of the most important technologies ever invented, as it separated communications from live speech, made knowledge preservable, and began the development of numerous devices used for writing and materials to write on.

In many cultures, handwriting is so tightly related to the person writing a text that many consider someone’s handwriting style to reflect either the personality of the writer or his/her emotions at the moment of writing (and also his/her age).