Lots of things can be averaged. The number of times a batter hits a ball vs. missing the dang thing. Miles per gallon. How much chocolate milk a toddler can drink before yakking it all up over the kitchen floor. Oops. Sorry for the visual.

But no one has ever averaged handwriting into a universal typeface.

Until now.

Bic -- yeah, the ballpoint pen people -- has started a Universal Handwriting Experiment. Anyone, from anywhere in the world (that means you, dude) can contribute a sample of their handwriting, as in printing in uppercase. They've developed a special algorithm (whatever the crap that is...oh, wait minute...I think it has something to do with math...something I avoid at all costs, hence my never-been-balanced checkbook) which merges contributions into a single, ever-changing and evolving typeface. Their plan is to unify the world's handwriting into a universal typeface.

If you haven't contributed your John Hancock yet, toodle on over there already.