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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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.

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