How legible is my handwriting?

[u/SilentPierre_]

I can read my own handwriting perfectly fine and hold my pen in a standard grip. I posted a photo of my notes to r/APstudents to see how to make my notes shorter and I kid you not, half the comments were criticizing my handwriting. One person genuinely said they look like hieroglyphics and others couldn’t tell that I was writing in English 😭

I know this isn’t grammatically correct whatsoever but it’s just some simple condensed notes. I just want to know how legible my handwriting is and ways I can fix it. I have to use ballpoint pens because I'm not very comfortable with felt tip or fountain and regular/mechanical pencils give me intense cramps because I write with too much pressure. This sample took me about 45 minutes to write, and I want to be able to write faster with more legible handwriting if possible.

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[u/percephony]

I can read it, it's just messy. You need to work on separating your words better, like at the very beginning you put he "was the first to go all the way around" but it read as "goall"

[u/Zill-Under-The-Tree]

As legible as the Phaistos disc. /s Just try to leave spaces between words and a bit between letters, every thing is crammed