An edition of The history and uncertain future of handwriting
(2016)
The history and uncertain future of handwriting
by Anne Trubek
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This book uncovers the long and significant impact handwriting has had on culture and humanity--from the first recorded handwriting on the clay tablets of the Sumerians some four thousand years ago and the invention of the alphabet as we know it, to the rising value of handwritten manuscripts today.
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Handwriting is history
The strangely familiar very far past
The problem with very beautiful writing
The long tail of Greece and Rome
Human Xerox machines
The politics of script
Handwriting as distinction
Righteous, manly hands
A devilish contrivance
Long descenders
Questioned documents
Digital handwriting
The continual revival of fancy letters
The science of handwriting
Our John Hancocks.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
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