One of my favorite memories of eighth grade was watching a classmate handwrite the next day's assignments on a chalk board. The different styles of writing and joining the letters together is almost ...

Rapidly becoming a lost art, handwriting engages the mind in ways typing simply can’t replicate. In A Nutshell Handwriting ...

However, students themselves do not appear concerned saying that handwriting serves little function except during exams. “Who writes now? We type, use our mobile phones and tablets to make notes and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growing trend of eliminating ...

IN CONSTRUCTING HIS personal library, the financial tycoon J.P. Morgan did not leave a single object unadorned; the building is a singularly impressive display of wealth, power, and fine taste. But ...

Schools across the country have slowly been phasing out the traditional requirement that students learn cursive, leaving some wondering what will happen to handwriting. Does anyone still pine for the ...

The original version of this article included several quotes or statements that were not clearly attributed to the original sources. Twenty years ago, a $300 Montblanc pen was one of the most coveted ...

Tribune columnist Mary Schmich recently eloquently described both her memories of learning handwriting and the importance of writing by hand in order to learn how to read. I have recently discovered ...

Writing a letter in one’s own hand can be an artistic act. Handwriting animates paper. The bold flairs of calligraphic script shout for attention, while elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across the ...