Comments on: Wallet Artifacts: Handwriting Chart

By: Kate Gladstone

Kate Gladstone — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:37:12 +0000

You folks might want to take a look at Handwriting Repair - http://learn.to/handwrite - or give that info to someone you know who could use it.

By: minxlj

minxlj — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:57:15 +0000

The capital M and O are especially ‘Rennie Mackintosh’ art deco style, I like them

Here’s an article I read about concern over children’s handwriting in UK schools: BBC news online
It made me think back to my handwriting lessons in school – we always had to practise, and had dedicated lessons to make sure our handwriting was good enough. Now, I see my 12-yr-old nephew’s handwriting, and that of his friends, which are all astonishingly bad, comparable to what mine was at 6 years old! It seems that schools are focusing less on handwriting, and more on computers…we need to be careful not to lose the art of penmanship, IMHO.

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:23:07 +0000

such artistry seems to be long forgotten and unappreciated in the world today. my mother always had perfect penmanship and i remember as a child trying to write just like her. i’ve never achieved such “perfection,” but as a result i love playing with writing and incorporate hand-written text into a lot of my work. here’s to holding on the old ways!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:55:46 +0000

Once upon a time there was a need for artists to master the skill of using a chisel – point pencil to render the type fonts to be used in layout design. The skill was developed by first putting a piece of tracing paper over the lettering and learning to follow the shapes with a pencil shaved to the width of the stroke that made up the letter. Later, the height of the letters would be ruled out and freehand practice continued. Finally, proportional boxes would be established to contain the letters as they were drawn to various point sizes. The finished product would not only be judged by how accurately the shapes where created, but the coloration of the strokes needed to be uniform and match the boldness of the type face. Just another avenue to explore if you have never tried it!

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:07:42 +0000

I remember having a similar rivalry with a friend of mine from middle school. He had immaculate script, and he critiqued mine often.

I have long since given up on perfection, and have a lot more fun from one page to the next. While my different handwritten alter-egos are not as well documented, it is fun to write with different styles for different occasions. For some reason all through December, it’s been a lot more script than usual.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:53:32 +0000

That alphabet, second to the last in CAPS reminds me of font i once saw used on the front of a Smashing Pumpkins album cover… What was it called… Even now i can’t seem to remember the name. I think it was printed across the exterior of their Mellon Collie release. Something about the Ms…