> Which archaic word refers to someone's poor handwriting?And the answer: cacography. The word "cacography" means bad penmanship, and is essentially the opposite ofcalligraphy. Today's use of the word means a deliberate comic misspelling, suchas the phrase, "I Can Has Cheezburger."Photo credit: Lexicoclatry.com[http://www.lexicolatry.com/2013/12/cacography-how-bad-is-your-handwriting.html].Have bad handwriting? For once, you're in luck! Your special talent is known ascacography. Though you may not have known the word before, you do know manybrands to which it applies today: Froot Loops, Krispy Kreme and Playskool areall examples of the modern use of "cacography." If calligraphy is the art ofbeautiful handwriting, then cacography is the art of bad handwriting (if such anart form exists). Naturally, it's quite an easy art to master.If you do have cacography, fear not. In fact, you're in some pretty esteemedcompany, for not only do doctors and their infamously illegible prescriptionsfill the ranks of the cacographists, but some of the world's most famous writershave remarkably bad handwriting. Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, and Muhammad Aliwere all great thinkers of their time, yet all plagued by the affliction ofcacography. Alas.Check out some more great writers with terrible handwriting here[https://lithub.com/terrible-writing-by-great-writers/].