#handwriting — Public Fediverse posts

Anyone good on identifying handwriting?
Here's a letter known to be from Beatrice Elvery (© National Library of Ireland) and another (the two-page one) that I think might be from her - is this the same handwriting?
#handwriting

Anyone good on identifying handwriting?
Here's a letter known to be from Beatrice Elvery (© National Library of Ireland) and another (the two-page one) that I think might be from her - is this the same handwriting?
#handwriting

RE: https://justinpot.com/16021-2/

📝 "Cursive isn’t faster than handwriting": maybe not, but one advantage for cursive is found in copious note-taking: try print handwriting vs. cursive. Writing in cursive is less fatiguing than print.

This is also the first I've seen the term "manuscript handwriting" in place of "print handwriting". Is that a Canadian term?

#Handwriting #Penmanship #Cursive #Manuscript #Print

RE: https://justinpot.com/16021-2/

📝 "Cursive isn’t faster than handwriting": maybe not, but one advantage for cursive is found in copious note-taking: try print handwriting vs. cursive. Writing in cursive is less fatiguing than print.

This is also the first I've seen the term "manuscript handwriting" in place of "print handwriting". Is that a Canadian term?

#Handwriting #Penmanship #Cursive #Manuscript #Print

University of Regina: In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project. “We have partnered with Zooniverse to provide an exciting online crowd-sourced project. The University of Regina Archives has many primary sources about Gladys Arnold, a prize-winning Saskatchewan journalist. We request volunteers to transcribe her writings. In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project consists of 4 […]

University of Regina: In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project. “We have partnered with Zooniverse to provide an exciting online crowd-sourced project. The University of Regina Archives has many primary sources about Gladys Arnold, a prize-winning Saskatchewan journalist. We request volunteers to transcribe her writings. In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project consists of 4 […]

University of Regina: In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project. “We have partnered with Zooniverse to provide an exciting online crowd-sourced project. The University of Regina Archives has many primary sources about Gladys Arnold, a prize-winning Saskatchewan journalist. We request volunteers to transcribe her writings. In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project consists of 4 […]

University of Regina: In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project. “We have partnered with Zooniverse to provide an exciting online crowd-sourced project. The University of Regina Archives has many primary sources about Gladys Arnold, a prize-winning Saskatchewan journalist. We request volunteers to transcribe her writings. In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project consists of 4 […]

University of Regina: In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project. “We have partnered with Zooniverse to provide an exciting online crowd-sourced project. The University of Regina Archives has many primary sources about Gladys Arnold, a prize-winning Saskatchewan journalist. We request volunteers to transcribe her writings. In Her Own Hand: The Gladys Arnold Project consists of 4 […]

KUER: UVU helped digitize America’s birth certificate, bringing its drafting to life. “Given today’s technology, the idea of writing the Declaration of Independence with quill pens on parchment paper seems daunting. But that’s what the scribe charged with the task had at his disposal in 1776. It’s also why a collaboration between Utah Valley University and Pembroke College at Oxford […]

KUER: UVU helped digitize America’s birth certificate, bringing its drafting to life. “Given today’s technology, the idea of writing the Declaration of Independence with quill pens on parchment paper seems daunting. But that’s what the scribe charged with the task had at his disposal in 1776. It’s also why a collaboration between Utah Valley University and Pembroke College at Oxford […]

Well, OK. Now I write like Harry Harrison. Ever since I started writing the first drafts longhand, I've been getting varied and unexpected results. Maybe my mind feels more free and more experimental when I write longhand?

#IWriteLike #AmWriting #shortstory #handwriting #draft #mind

Well, OK. Now I write like Harry Harrison. Ever since I started writing the first drafts longhand, I've been getting varied and unexpected results. Maybe my mind feels more free and more experimental when I write longhand?

#IWriteLike #AmWriting #shortstory #handwriting #draft #mind

I kinda cooked with this one

#FountainPens #handwriting

I kinda cooked with this one

#FountainPens #handwriting

Journal entry for 3-day-corporate event.

Written with my beloved but troublesome Waterman Ideal 12 ❤️

#FountainPens #handwriting

Journal entry for 3-day-corporate event.

Written with my beloved but troublesome Waterman Ideal 12 ❤️

#FountainPens #handwriting

I switched back to pen and paper for notes this week. Watching my handwriting settle into a rhythm across the page — starting tight, loosening up, finding its flow — is oddly satisfying. Digital is faster, but analog leaves a different kind of trail. #Handwriting

All the custom colours of fountain pen ink KWZ has made for the St Louis Pen show on one page. I seem to like every other one of these, and this year's MoBot (Missouri Botanical Gardens) colour wasn't a fave but it sold out on day 1 of a 3 day show.
#FountainPen #Ink #Handwriting

All the custom colours of fountain pen ink KWZ has made for the St Louis Pen show on one page. I seem to like every other one of these, and this year's MoBot (Missouri Botanical Gardens) colour wasn't a fave but it sold out on day 1 of a 3 day show.
#FountainPen #Ink #Handwriting

Robin Linacre: Letterpaths – free software for teaching cursive writing. “I have developed a free and open source library called letterpaths, to help my kids with their handwriting. I noticed a lack of free, high quality tools that follow the UK curriculum and I wanted something flexible that could be used both in games and for worksheet generation.”

Robin Linacre: Letterpaths – free software for teaching cursive writing. “I have developed a free and open source library called letterpaths, to help my kids with their handwriting. I noticed a lack of free, high quality tools that follow the UK curriculum and I wanted something flexible that could be used both in games and for worksheet generation.”

Finally got a moment to play with the new inks. I love the colors! Filled my Lamy Vista with the Evergreen and TWSBI Diamond with Golden Brown, it's a very calming color to write with but a bit challenging for drawing.

#fountainpens #diamine #dippens #inking #handwriting #dailydrawing #dailydoodle #MastoArt

Well, what do you know. The first digital rewrite of the handwritten draft obliterated Daniel Defoe from the results. The subsequent tweaking and polishing washed my boat up on the ever familiar shore -- Ursula K. Le Guin. I guess this is the writing gait of my mind.

#writing #draft #editing #handwriting #IWriteLike

Well, what do you know. The first digital rewrite of the handwritten draft obliterated Daniel Defoe from the results. The subsequent tweaking and polishing washed my boat up on the ever familiar shore -- Ursula K. Le Guin. I guess this is the writing gait of my mind.

#writing #draft #editing #handwriting #IWriteLike

🤔 Ah, yes, because nothing screams #innovation like using a $500 3D printer to replace the age-old skill of #handwriting postcards! ✍️😂 Who knew the future would be full of pen-stabbed printer beds and the clunky charm of OpenSCAD? 🖨️📬
https://severinbucher.com/posts/writing-postcards-with-a-3d-printer/ #3Dprinting #postcards #OpenSCAD #humor #HackerNews #ngated

🤔 Ah, yes, because nothing screams #innovation like using a $500 3D printer to replace the age-old skill of #handwriting postcards! ✍️😂 Who knew the future would be full of pen-stabbed printer beds and the clunky charm of OpenSCAD? 🖨️📬
https://severinbucher.com/posts/writing-postcards-with-a-3d-printer/ #3Dprinting #postcards #OpenSCAD #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.

I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, they are tricky and will take longer. I did have fun making it.

Next time, I am gonna tell my tube pulling glassblower buddies to pull them thinner. I kept having to stretch certain colors so they would be thin enough to air cool (like the brown arrow up top).

Tomorrow I will come in when the paint is dry and turn on the 60ma aging transformer so it becomes uniformly bright.

#neon #residency #NYC #drawing #handwriting #color #glass #light #public #engagement #brooklyn #text

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.

I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, they are tricky and will take longer. I did have fun making it.

Next time, I am gonna tell my tube pulling glassblower buddies to pull them thinner. I kept having to stretch certain colors so they would be thin enough to air cool (like the brown arrow up top).

Tomorrow I will come in when the paint is dry and turn on the 60ma aging transformer so it becomes uniformly bright.

#neon #residency #NYC #drawing #handwriting #color #glass #light #public #engagement #brooklyn #text

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.

I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, they are tricky and will take longer. I did have fun making it.

Next time, I am gonna tell my tube pulling glassblower buddies to pull them thinner. I kept having to stretch certain colors so they would be thin enough to air cool (like the brown arrow up top).

Tomorrow I will come in when the paint is dry and turn on the 60ma aging transformer so it becomes uniformly bright.

#neon #residency #NYC #drawing #handwriting #color #glass #light #public #engagement #brooklyn #text

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.

I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, they are tricky and will take longer. I did have fun making it.

Next time, I am gonna tell my tube pulling glassblower buddies to pull them thinner. I kept having to stretch certain colors so they would be thin enough to air cool (like the brown arrow up top).

Tomorrow I will come in when the paint is dry and turn on the 60ma aging transformer so it becomes uniformly bright.

#neon #residency #NYC #drawing #handwriting #color #glass #light #public #engagement #brooklyn #text

Halfway bent.... Well, maybe a little less than half. The colors are the intense colors I am after though. I think I could use a little less powder in my phosphor coating, but they are nice.

I added mercury, tipped off the trap, and dipped it in blockout paint masking off the "N". It took me a little longer, one of these days I will learn that when the patterns are chunky and look like graffiti, they are tricky and will take longer. I did have fun making it.

Next time, I am gonna tell my tube pulling glassblower buddies to pull them thinner. I kept having to stretch certain colors so they would be thin enough to air cool (like the brown arrow up top).

Tomorrow I will come in when the paint is dry and turn on the 60ma aging transformer so it becomes uniformly bright.

#neon #residency #NYC #drawing #handwriting #color #glass #light #public #engagement #brooklyn #text

Typed my new draft into IWL and ran it through the analyzer. Well, this one is new... Not the part about Ursula K. Le Guin, no -- I almost always get Le Guin. But Daniel Defoe is truly unexpected. The power of longhand drafting 😅

#AmWriting #handwriting #draft #tool #IWriteLike

Typed my new draft into IWL and ran it through the analyzer. Well, this one is new... Not the part about Ursula K. Le Guin, no -- I almost always get Le Guin. But Daniel Defoe is truly unexpected. The power of longhand drafting 😅

#AmWriting #handwriting #draft #tool #IWriteLike

After yesterday's chaotic search through digital folders, only to find the draft I was looking for handwritten in a notebook, I've returned to longhand drafting. This way, my brain creates using its parts that otherwise hide from the screen glare. It's like another version of me takes over. The story also comes more easily. I've written two drafts of a new story in a couple of hours. A special heatwave bonus: no laptop roasts me while I think.

#AmWriting #draft #handwriting

Old vs new. I’ve bought my first fountain pen in probably over twenty years. I’ve always loved writing with them but I transitioned to writing more digitally in recent times. Now I want to write more by hand again and for this reason I bought a new fountain pen. It’s almost the same as the one I got when I went to school but this time I got it with a left handed nib and an engraving of my chosen name (and legal name since one and a half years) and a very pretty colour called „black purple“. I also got a converter with it to have a better selection of inks.

Edit:typo

#fountainpens #fountainpen #writing #newpen #oldvsnew #handwriting #lamyalstar #lamy #lefthanded

Old vs new. I’ve bought my first fountain pen in probably over twenty years. I’ve always loved writing with them but I transitioned to writing more digitally in recent times. Now I want to write more by hand again and for this reason I bought a new fountain pen. It’s almost the same as the one I got when I went to school but this time I got it with a left handed nib and an engraving of my chosen name (and legal name since one and a half years) and a very pretty colour called „black purple“. I also got a converter with it to have a better selection of inks.

Edit:typo

#fountainpens #fountainpen #writing #newpen #oldvsnew #handwriting #lamyalstar #lamy #lefthanded

Student #ReadingAbility Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

"Remove all the #distractions and we can get our kids back."

By Frank Landymore
Published Jun 15, 2026

"Would you believe it: a teacher and her students say their reading ability soared after banning tech in the classroom.

"Maureen Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, started the low tech experiment last year after becoming frustrated with plagiarism, distracted students, and plunging literacy rates.

"And so, with the enthusiastic support of parents, she banned phones and laptops, requiring all coursework to be done with pencil and paper. The turnaround was quick and resounding, and despite some initial resistance from students, they quickly fell in love with the old, analog ways of doing things.

"In September, before the experiment started, just 46 percent of Mulvaney’s students said they felt confident about their reading ability. By February, that share shot up to 95 percent.

" 'We’re having a lot of trouble in education and I think what my kids told us was that there is a solution and the solution is to go #LowTech. Go back to the old ways of doing things,' Mulvaney told local TV news station KARE 11. 'Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back.'

"Mulvaney let her students ease into a tech free environment. First, they started with just ten minutes of silent reading and writing by hand. Still, the first day was 'rough,' she wrote in an essay in The Minnesota Star Tribune. Most students quit after just half a page of longhand composition.

" 'I told the kids this is like lifting weights,' she told KARE 11. 'You don’t go in and you don’t start with 80 pounds.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/future-society/students-reading-improves-no-tech-class

#LudditeClub #NoTech #NoPhones #NoAI #Reading #Writing #Humans
#Smartphones are #DumbingUsDown #SolarPunkSunday #Handwriting #NeoLuddites #SmartphoneBan #Longhand

Student #ReadingAbility Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

"Remove all the #distractions and we can get our kids back."

By Frank Landymore
Published Jun 15, 2026

"Would you believe it: a teacher and her students say their reading ability soared after banning tech in the classroom.

"Maureen Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, started the low tech experiment last year after becoming frustrated with plagiarism, distracted students, and plunging literacy rates.

"And so, with the enthusiastic support of parents, she banned phones and laptops, requiring all coursework to be done with pencil and paper. The turnaround was quick and resounding, and despite some initial resistance from students, they quickly fell in love with the old, analog ways of doing things.

"In September, before the experiment started, just 46 percent of Mulvaney’s students said they felt confident about their reading ability. By February, that share shot up to 95 percent.

" 'We’re having a lot of trouble in education and I think what my kids told us was that there is a solution and the solution is to go #LowTech. Go back to the old ways of doing things,' Mulvaney told local TV news station KARE 11. 'Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back.'

"Mulvaney let her students ease into a tech free environment. First, they started with just ten minutes of silent reading and writing by hand. Still, the first day was 'rough,' she wrote in an essay in The Minnesota Star Tribune. Most students quit after just half a page of longhand composition.

" 'I told the kids this is like lifting weights,' she told KARE 11. 'You don’t go in and you don’t start with 80 pounds.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/future-society/students-reading-improves-no-tech-class

#LudditeClub #NoTech #NoPhones #NoAI #Reading #Writing #Humans
#Smartphones are #DumbingUsDown #SolarPunkSunday #Handwriting #NeoLuddites #SmartphoneBan #Longhand

Student #ReadingAbility Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

"Remove all the #distractions and we can get our kids back."

By Frank Landymore
Published Jun 15, 2026

"Would you believe it: a teacher and her students say their reading ability soared after banning tech in the classroom.

"Maureen Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, started the low tech experiment last year after becoming frustrated with plagiarism, distracted students, and plunging literacy rates.

"And so, with the enthusiastic support of parents, she banned phones and laptops, requiring all coursework to be done with pencil and paper. The turnaround was quick and resounding, and despite some initial resistance from students, they quickly fell in love with the old, analog ways of doing things.

"In September, before the experiment started, just 46 percent of Mulvaney’s students said they felt confident about their reading ability. By February, that share shot up to 95 percent.

" 'We’re having a lot of trouble in education and I think what my kids told us was that there is a solution and the solution is to go #LowTech. Go back to the old ways of doing things,' Mulvaney told local TV news station KARE 11. 'Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back.'

"Mulvaney let her students ease into a tech free environment. First, they started with just ten minutes of silent reading and writing by hand. Still, the first day was 'rough,' she wrote in an essay in The Minnesota Star Tribune. Most students quit after just half a page of longhand composition.

" 'I told the kids this is like lifting weights,' she told KARE 11. 'You don’t go in and you don’t start with 80 pounds.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/future-society/students-reading-improves-no-tech-class

#LudditeClub #NoTech #NoPhones #NoAI #Reading #Writing #Humans
#Smartphones are #DumbingUsDown #SolarPunkSunday #Handwriting #NeoLuddites #SmartphoneBan #Longhand

Student #ReadingAbility Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

"Remove all the #distractions and we can get our kids back."

By Frank Landymore
Published Jun 15, 2026

"Would you believe it: a teacher and her students say their reading ability soared after banning tech in the classroom.

"Maureen Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, started the low tech experiment last year after becoming frustrated with plagiarism, distracted students, and plunging literacy rates.

"And so, with the enthusiastic support of parents, she banned phones and laptops, requiring all coursework to be done with pencil and paper. The turnaround was quick and resounding, and despite some initial resistance from students, they quickly fell in love with the old, analog ways of doing things.

"In September, before the experiment started, just 46 percent of Mulvaney’s students said they felt confident about their reading ability. By February, that share shot up to 95 percent.

" 'We’re having a lot of trouble in education and I think what my kids told us was that there is a solution and the solution is to go #LowTech. Go back to the old ways of doing things,' Mulvaney told local TV news station KARE 11. 'Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back.'

"Mulvaney let her students ease into a tech free environment. First, they started with just ten minutes of silent reading and writing by hand. Still, the first day was 'rough,' she wrote in an essay in The Minnesota Star Tribune. Most students quit after just half a page of longhand composition.

" 'I told the kids this is like lifting weights,' she told KARE 11. 'You don’t go in and you don’t start with 80 pounds.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/future-society/students-reading-improves-no-tech-class

#LudditeClub #NoTech #NoPhones #NoAI #Reading #Writing #Humans
#Smartphones are #DumbingUsDown #SolarPunkSunday #Handwriting #NeoLuddites #SmartphoneBan #Longhand

Student #ReadingAbility Spikes After Removing Tech From Class

"Remove all the #distractions and we can get our kids back."

By Frank Landymore
Published Jun 15, 2026

"Would you believe it: a teacher and her students say their reading ability soared after banning tech in the classroom.

"Maureen Mulvaney, an AP Literature and English teacher at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, started the low tech experiment last year after becoming frustrated with plagiarism, distracted students, and plunging literacy rates.

"And so, with the enthusiastic support of parents, she banned phones and laptops, requiring all coursework to be done with pencil and paper. The turnaround was quick and resounding, and despite some initial resistance from students, they quickly fell in love with the old, analog ways of doing things.

"In September, before the experiment started, just 46 percent of Mulvaney’s students said they felt confident about their reading ability. By February, that share shot up to 95 percent.

" 'We’re having a lot of trouble in education and I think what my kids told us was that there is a solution and the solution is to go #LowTech. Go back to the old ways of doing things,' Mulvaney told local TV news station KARE 11. 'Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back.'

"Mulvaney let her students ease into a tech free environment. First, they started with just ten minutes of silent reading and writing by hand. Still, the first day was 'rough,' she wrote in an essay in The Minnesota Star Tribune. Most students quit after just half a page of longhand composition.

" 'I told the kids this is like lifting weights,' she told KARE 11. 'You don’t go in and you don’t start with 80 pounds.' "

Read more:
https://futurism.com/future-society/students-reading-improves-no-tech-class

#LudditeClub #NoTech #NoPhones #NoAI #Reading #Writing #Humans
#Smartphones are #DumbingUsDown #SolarPunkSunday #Handwriting #NeoLuddites #SmartphoneBan #Longhand

What's your favourite phrase to write for absolutely no reason at all? #FountainPens #Handwriting

What's your favourite phrase to write for absolutely no reason at all? #FountainPens #Handwriting

Frustrated with Samsung Notes locking my notes into their ecosystem, your data isn't really yours. No good alternative existed.
So I started ONF, an open vendor-neutral format for handwritten digital notes. Standard ZIP under the hood, fully open spec, designed for the long term.
Early draft + C++ reference implementation on GitHub. Looking for experienced people to help get it right:
https://github.com/Powerbambus/open-notes-format
#opensource #foss #openstandard #handwriting #opendocument

Frustrated with Samsung Notes locking my notes into their ecosystem, your data isn't really yours. No good alternative existed.
So I started ONF, an open vendor-neutral format for handwritten digital notes. Standard ZIP under the hood, fully open spec, designed for the long term.
Early draft + C++ reference implementation on GitHub. Looking for experienced people to help get it right:
https://github.com/Powerbambus/open-notes-format
#opensource #foss #openstandard #handwriting #opendocument

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐈✍️ #Japanese calligrapher Takumi transforms #cursive capital letters into an adorable clowder of #cats using a few clever flourishes, caret #ears, and dot #eyes.

Watch the #demo to practice #drawing your own #feline alphabet! 🐱✨

👉 Learn more at https://seethis.tv/post/how-to-draw-cursive-cat-capital-letters

#activities #writing #handwriting #alphabet #animals #art #diy #howto #imagination #play #fun #cute #calligraphy #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐈✍️ #Japanese calligrapher Takumi transforms #cursive capital letters into an adorable clowder of #cats using a few clever flourishes, caret #ears, and dot #eyes.

Watch the #demo to practice #drawing your own #feline alphabet! 🐱✨

👉 Learn more at https://seethis.tv/post/how-to-draw-cursive-cat-capital-letters

#activities #writing #handwriting #alphabet #animals #art #diy #howto #imagination #play #fun #cute #calligraphy #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐈✍️ #Japanese calligrapher Takumi transforms #cursive capital letters into an adorable clowder of #cats using a few clever flourishes, caret #ears, and dot #eyes.

Watch the #demo to practice #drawing your own #feline alphabet! 🐱✨

👉 Learn more at https://seethis.tv/post/how-to-draw-cursive-cat-capital-letters

#activities #writing #handwriting #alphabet #animals #art #diy #howto #imagination #play #fun #cute #calligraphy #tksst #video

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐈✍️ #Japanese calligrapher Takumi transforms #cursive capital letters into an adorable clowder of #cats using a few clever flourishes, caret #ears, and dot #eyes.

Watch the #demo to practice #drawing your own #feline alphabet! 🐱✨

👉 Learn more at https://seethis.tv/post/how-to-draw-cursive-cat-capital-letters

#activities #writing #handwriting #alphabet #animals #art #diy #howto #imagination #play #fun #cute #calligraphy #tksst #video