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The People, Stories and Ideas Behind Iconic Handwriting

What makes an individual's handwriting stand the test of time? Certainly the document it forms plays a role, but the truly iconic examples have something more to them. Here's a look at some of our favorite iconic handwriting samples and the…
Cursive Handwriting

In Defense of Keeping Cursive in the Classroom

Why Cursive Handwriting is Still Relevant If you read my Scantron article, you may remember that the increasing use of technology in classrooms was threatening to edge out the old way of test-taking. This week, technology takes on a new opponent…
Handwriting

The Perks of Handwriting: 7 Reasons Every Writer Should Write by Hand

With a keyboard or touchscreen within reach at any given moment, handwriting is becoming something of a lost art. There are some aspects of handwriting, however, that other writing methods can never replicate or replace.  Here are seven reasons…
Handwriting of our Forefathers

We the People: The Handwriting of Our Forefathers

Quick: Name five men whose signatures appear on the U.S. Constitution. If your answer included “John Hancock,” try again; his signature famously appeared on the “Declaration of Independence.” However, a host of political luminaries…
The Lost Art of Penmanship

Word by Word: The Lost Art of Penmanship

The Lost Art of Penmanship I peer through the magnifying glass, squinting at the delicate letters in front of me. They are as thin and spidery as the webs I bushed away when I took the letters out of their battered cardboard box, and my eyes…