Handwriting instruction is on the verge of a renaissance. Michael Sull of Gardner, Kan., is a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen, ...

• Cursive writing evolved from the Italic calligraphy hand. • Few early Americans could write, but those who did used Roundhand, also known as Copperplate because it was used in engraving. • The ...

Just how long have humans been using cursive writing? Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before his day ...

Words are an essential means of communication, yet how we put them down in writing has been continuously shaped over time by technologies, cultural and business needs, and education. Once a universal ...

Handwriting instruction is on the verge of a renaissance. Michael Sull of Gardner, Kan., is a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen, ...