Reveal thy self...write by hand!
Friday, July 21, 2023 | 230 Views |
Honoured penmanship: The author argues that handwriting reveals more than just what is written
It was the end of the first thirty years of my own experience with writing exclusively by hand and in pencil. (Context: The earliest allusion to what today we call a pencil was made in the 1600s.)
I began another indefinite period of pencil handwriting early this year. But as I did so, I could not help it but realize that for centuries and in varied circumstances, handwriting has been the norm.
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