Handwriting of the Twentieth Century
Im digitalen Zeitalter nimmt das „Schreiben mit der Hand“ immer mehr ab. Immerhin gibt es Bücher wie dieses, die sich mit den Handschriften und deren Lehre in den letzten Hundert Jahren beschäftigen.
Aus dem Buchdeckel:
As letter-writing has fallen by the wayside, the art of lavish yet
legible handwriting is no longer being taught to schoolchildren
or employed in daily life – much to the dismay of those who
receive hastily scrawled love notes or try to decipher a doctor’s
prescription. In an age when script manuals for students are
disappearing at a rapid rate and writing samples are ephemeral,
Rosemary Sassoon’s Handwriting of the Twentieth Century
provides the first historical record of teaching the skill of writing
in the last 100 years.
The older history of
handwriting has been
extensively explored, but
now we have a wonderfully
comprehensive and very
readable account of how
handwriting has developed
and been taught during the
twentieth century. It will be
fascinating reading for anyone
concerned with the teaching
of handwriting.
- Nigel Hall, Manchester
Metropolitan University
Rosemary Sassoon’s latest
book is a must for anyone
interested in handwriting.
She writes the history in such
a way that one easily grasps
the reasons for the successes
and failures of handwriting
methods. Sassoon’s latest
book will help to improve
handwriting instruction
throughout the western world.
- Nan Jay Barchowsky,
Calligrapher and
handwriting specialist
Rosemary Sassoon holds a Ph.D. from the Department of
Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of
Reading. She works as an independent consultant.
