Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting PDF
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Script & Scribble PRAISE FOR “This is a book every writer would love, a curio cabinet on the art and act of writing.” —Amy Tan, author of Saving Fish from Drowning “A winsome mix of memoir and call to arms … An entertaining history.” —Chicago Tribune, Editor’s Choice “A witty and readable (and fetchingly illustrated and glossed) excursion through the history of handwriting.” —Cullen Murphy, The Wall Street Journal “Highly enjoyable … Witty and often endearingly autobiographical.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post “A charming, illustrated eulogy to a craft that’s fast losing its place in the modern world.” —Financial Times “Florey’s argument is nostalgic yet pragmatic. ‘It seems wrong,’ she says, ‘when something beautiful, useful, and historically important vanishes.’ Charmingly composed and handsomely presented, Script and Scribble just might provoke a handwriting revival.” —The Boston Globe “[A] pithy account of the history of handwriting … Florey makes a solid case for handwriting as a social indicator, and her affection for its art is thoughtful and aesthetically informed.” —Albert Mobilio, Bookforum “Kitty Burns Florey’s charming history of the rise and fall of handwriting is a loving and polished tribute to a modest but deeply civilizing skill that can make our words not only intelligible to others but, like this book, sweet and beautiful.” —David Skinner, author of The Story of Ain’t: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published “Florey … lovingly traces the history of handwriting, from its ancient birth to its imminent demise.” —Sam Anderson, New York “What in God’s name has happened to penmanship? It’s easy to blame the computer, but, as Kitty Burns Florey demonstrates in her thoughtful, witty, and sensible book, the story goes far deeper than that. It touches on the way we think, the way we write, and the way we lead our lives. Read Script & Scribble and be enlightened.” —Ben Yagoda, author of When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse “Part memoir, part meticulously researched primer, [this] captivating history of handwriting is a lovely ode to a nearly lost art.” —ReadyMade “Frank and engaging.” —Rain Taxi ALSO BY KITTY BURNS FLOREY SISTER BERNADETTE’S BARKING DOG SOLOS SOUVENIR OF COLD SPRINGS FIVE QUESTIONS VIGIL FOR A STRANGER DUET REAL LIFE THE GARDEN PATH CHEZ CORDELIA FAMILY MATTERS © 2009 KITTY BURNS FLOREY FIRST MELVILLE HOUSE PRINTING OF THE PAPERBACK EDITION: SEPTEMBER 2013 MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING 145 PLYMOUTH STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11201 AND 8 BLACKSTOCK MEWS ISLINGTON LONDON N4 2BT MHPBOOKS.COM FACEBOOK.COM/MHPBOOKS @MELVILLEHOUSE 978-1-61219305-2 (ebook) THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION OF THIS BOOK AS FOLLOWS: FLOREY, KITTY BURNS. SCRIPT AND SCRIBBLE : THE RISE AND FALL OF HANDWRITING / KITTY BURNS FLOREY. P. CM. ISBN: 978-1-933633-67-1 1. PENMANSHIP. 2. PENMANSHIP, AMERICAN — HISTORY 3. WRITING — MATERIALS AND INSTRUMENTS — HISTORY. 4. GRAPHOLOGY. I. TITLE. Z43.F58 2008 652’.1—DC22 2008026964 v3.1 For Eileen and Rosamond Contents Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Preface: A Handwritten Life 1. Pen, Paper, Ink—A Stroll Through Handwriting History 2. The Golden Age of Penmanship 3. Father Michon and My Aunt Fanny 4. Writing by Hand in a Digital Age 5. Is Handwriting Important? Bibliography Image Credits Acknowledgements A true source of human happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life and elevating them by art. WILLIAM MORRIS
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