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Is 略字 (handwriting simplification) used only in informal writing (like a diary
or post-it annotations) or is it used in more formal situations (like
teacher/professor blackboard writing or an essay)?
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handwriting formality informal
How often is 略字 (handwriting simplification) used?
Well, there are many types of 略字.
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%95%A5%E5%AD%97>

Short answer: it might be used on blackboard.

Generally speaking, I don't think primary school teachers use them, and also
unlikely secondary school teachers. I remember my history teacher in high
school using 口 for 国. But it was rather a memorable exception. As for essays,
probably it does not make much sense because everything is typed these days.

Almost _the_ 略字 everybody uses and recognizes would be 冂 (with vertical stroke
at the top) for 門（see the link above）. Including this one, there are a number
of abbreviations that surprise nobody if used by teachers, but not so many.

Personally I think people (including me) just use characters deformed in their
own way, not the clearly defined variant of those characters.
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