Sept. 2, 2010 “The biggest single improvement you can make to your handwriting- for ease of writing, reading, and enjoyment- is to write with a better pen.” – Margaret Shepherd from The Art of The Personal Letter. Since your pen is the tool which commits your thoughts to paper, having one that feels comfortable in […]
Quills
August 30, 2010 Kitty Burns Florey mentions in Script & Scribble that the quill was used for twelve centuries!!! The computer age is maybe 30 years old, tops? In that brief span of time many people are relinquishing their ability to write by hand. There’s another human skill threatened with extinction. Makes me wonder, what […]
Script & Scribble
August 25, 2010 The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey “I took a stroll through the pen department at a nearby office supply store, fifty feet of writing implements: ballpoints, fountain pens, rollerballs, gel pens, felt-tips, highlighters, bold points, fine points, superfine points, micro points, needle points, comfort grips, super-comfy grips, rubber […]