cursive vs penning

cursive

noun
  • A manuscript written in cursive characters. 

  • A cursive character, letter or font. 

  • Joined-up handwriting. 

adj
  • Having successive letters joined together. 

  • Running; flowing. 

  • Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time). 

penning

noun
  • Writing; literary composition. 

  • An old currency unit, the Swedish penning. 

How often have the words cursive and penning occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )