While thinking about penmanship, I have noticed that I prefer a more upright style versus the italic style while I think both are lovely. I naturally write more upright than slanted so I started to investigate methods that employ a more upright approach. I have noticed that Europeans tend to teach a more upright hand,…
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Dewey Library Hand Font
As I’ve become enamored with Dewey’s Library Hand handwriting style, I stumbled across this font created in collaboration between Nathan Hauenstein and Anna Craycroft that transforms Anna’s library hand writing into a digital font. (via UOIEA)
Another handwritten card in the card catalog at the Multnomah County Public Library in 2005. (by Lost Dutchman)
This is one samples from a selection of old handwritten library cards done is variations of Melvil Dewey’s “library hand” which I am now completely smitten with. (via Penn History)
French Ruled Paper
I think French Séyès paper, the standard lined paper used by French students, is the perfect practice paper for improving penmanship. Gridded both vertically and horizontally and providing four narrow rules between each grid block provides space for ascenders, descenders and uppercase letterforms. An assortment of sizes and formats of French-ruled notebooks from Clairefontaine are…