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The history and uncertain future of handwriting, Anne Trubek

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The history and uncertain future of handwriting, Anne Trubek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The history and uncertain future of handwriting

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Anne Trubek

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: 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 -- Conclusion: Our John Hancocks

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