Script and Scribble

Can't wait to read this one! Check out New York Magazine's take on it. Having the absolute worst handwriting on the face of the earth, I admire those whose handwriting can actually be read.

I plan to read this book soon. In the meantime, here's an excerpt from the review:

Florey, a nun-educated “scriptomaniac,” lovingly traces the history of handwriting, from its ancient birth to its imminent demise. She rounds up some fascinating arcana: that a typical pencil can draw a line 35 miles long; that Confederate soldiers boiled rusty nails in vinegar during an ink shortage; that the Coca-Cola logo, now an icon of scriptographic fanciness, was once probably just “a typical bookkeeper’s hand”; and that “cacography” (poor handwriting) costs American businesses roughly $200 million a year.