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  2. Penmanship - Wikipedia

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    Cursive – any style of handwriting written in a flowing (cursive) manner, which connects many or all of the letters in a word, or the strokes in a CJK character or other grapheme. Studies of writing and penmanship. Chirography – handwriting, its style and character; Diplomatics – forensic paleography (seeks the provenance of written ...

  3. Cursive - Wikipedia

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    Cursive is a style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster. This writing style is distinct from "print-script" using block letters, in which the letters of a word are unconnected and in Roman/Gothic letterform rather than joined-up ...

  4. Round hand - Wikipedia

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    Round hand. Round hand (also roundhand) is a type of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s primarily by the writing masters John Ayres and William Banson. Characterised by an open flowing hand (style) and subtle contrast of thick and thin strokes deriving from metal pointed nibs in which the flexibility of the metal ...

  5. Western calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    First page of Paul's epistle to Philemon in the Rochester Bible (12th century). A modern calligraphic rendition of the word calligraphy (Denis Brown, 2006). Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions ...

  6. Handwriting - Wikipedia

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    Handwriting. Handwriting is the personal and unique style of writing with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil in the hand. Handwriting includes both block and cursive styles and is separate from generic and formal handwriting script /style, calligraphy or typeface. Because each person's handwriting is unique and different, it can be ...

  7. Copperplate script - Wikipedia

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    An example of George Bickham 's English Roundhand lettering and engraving ability. A copperplate script is a style of calligraphic writing most commonly associated with English Roundhand. Although often used as an umbrella term for various forms of pointed pen calligraphy, Copperplate most accurately refers to script styles represented in ...

  8. Secretary hand - Wikipedia

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    Secretary hand. "The secretarie Alphabete": an abecedarium showing the forms of the letters used in secretary hand, from a penmanship book by Jehan de Beau-Chesne and John Baildon, 1570. Covenant bond from 1623 written in Latin and English. Secretary hand or script is a style of European handwriting developed in the early sixteenth century that ...

  9. Calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Court hand – Style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts; Cursive – Style of penmanship; Handstyle – In graffiti culture, the unique handwriting of an artist; HandwritingWriting created by a person with a writing implement; History of writing; Italic script – Semi-cursive, slightly sloped style of handwriting and ...

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