Can You Read Me Now?: A Brief History of Italic Script — NYARC
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I have always admired my grandmother’s handwriting. It appeals to my inner Luddite who periodically gets the urge to leave the city and head to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. To me, the tight lettering and flourishing loops of her “f”s and “g”s are time stamps of an older era that say “I wa
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Niccoli, italic cursive. Source: The Origin and Development of
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frick — Blog — NYARC
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A Diary or an Almanac? How Paratext Characterizes the Calendarium
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Wilbour Library Collection Highlight: Gustavus Seyffarth and his
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My version of Italic Handwriting. : r/Scribes
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Italic handwriting - Calligraphy Discussions - The Fountain Pen
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A Diary or an Almanac? How Paratext Characterizes the Calendarium
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Italic script, Handwriting, Penmanship, Lettering
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A Diary or an Almanac? How Paratext Characterizes the Calendarium
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frick — Blog — NYARC