Sir/Madam:
If I am allowed to type my essay instead of writing it by hand, the quality of it will be higher. This is because when we type, our work is more efficient in terms of speed and safety as we can save the documents in different forms. If I would write by hand the essay, I would only have that one copy of it, and if any sort of accident occurs and I lose it I would not be able to recover it. Considering all of these arguments, I strongly believe it is a better option to type the essay than to write it by hand.