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"  Writing by hand, which speeds literacy and information retention, is on the decline. That worries neuroscientists, educators\u2014and Bic. Never fear: The pen giant has a plan to preserve handwriting by turning it into a typeface. Part marketing ploy, part social experiment, Bic&amp;#039;s Universal Typeface Experiment aims to average all handwriting into a single typeface. So far, the ever-changing result is a whole lot better than Comic Sans, the current standard handwriting font. Since the experiment launched almost two weeks ago, Bic has collected samples of the 26 Latin alphabet characters from more than 217,000 people worldwide. Bic&amp;#039;s algorithm, made by MediaMonks, processes each new sample and modifies the current average ever so slightly to reflect the new contribution.  Though you can participate using a mouse on a computer, the best way to add your writing to the project is on a tablet with a stylus\u2014the closest digital mimic of actually writing by hand. After inputting each letter, the website shows your letters compared to the current iteration of the typeface. You can also compare results by category, looking at how a single letter compares across right- and left-handed writers, genders, ages, geographic locations, and occupation. The experiment will end later this summer, and Bic and MediaMonks will release the typeface for download in August. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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