Overview
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. In addition to illustrating the techniques used by handwriting instructors and documenting the ever-changing views of script stylists, this volume probes the development and manufacture of writing equipment as well as useful examples for today’s teachers of writing. Handwriting of the Twentieth Century is a delightful, comprehensive account of our constant quest for fluent and clear handwritten script. “...excellent and comprehensive illustrated book—which takes us through not only what happened in the United Kingdom, but brings in information about other English speaking countries such as America and Australia as well as European scripts, providing samples and explanations that are valuable as a reference. . . . The book's well-written Epilogue merits a section being printed—It couldn't be put better by a graphologist!”—Elaine Quigley, Graphologist
Full Product Details
Author: Rosemary Sassoon
Publisher: Intellect
Imprint: Intellect Books
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781841501789
ISBN 10: 1841501786
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 December 2007
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""..excellent and comprehensive illustrated book-which takes us through not only what happened in the United Kingdom, but brings in information about other English speaking countries such as America and Australia as well as European scripts, providing samples and explanations that are valuable as a reference... The book's well-written Epilogue merits a section being printed - It couldn't be put better by a graphologist!"" -- Elaine Quigley ""Graphologist"" ""For those dedicated to recording the history, development, manufacture and use of writing equipment this book provides the long- awaited link between the tools and the activity of handwriting. Rosemary Sassoon's comprehensive and enthusiastic research provides a feast of detail about man's constant quest after fluent and clear handwritten script."" - Michael Woods, Journal of the Writing Equipment Society ""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 ""This book is a historical record of techniques, styles and methods. But it also a passionate study of everyday typography, informed by a deep knowledge of her subject. It will be of interest to educationalists, people in teacher training, plus cultural sociologists and historians - as well as typographists and graphologists."" - Roy Johnston, Mantex
..excellent and comprehensive illustrated book-which takes us through not only what happened in the United Kingdom, but brings in information about other English speaking countries such as America and Australia as well as European scripts, providing samples and explanations that are valuable as a reference... The book's well-written Epilogue merits a section being printed - It couldn't be put better by a graphologist! -- Elaine Quigley Graphologist For those dedicated to recording the history, development, manufacture and use of writing equipment this book provides the long- awaited link between the tools and the activity of handwriting. Rosemary Sassoon's comprehensive and enthusiastic research provides a feast of detail about man's constant quest after fluent and clear handwritten script. - Michael Woods, Journal of the Writing Equipment Society 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 This book is a historical record of techniques, styles and methods. But it also a passionate study of everyday typography, informed by a deep knowledge of her subject. It will be of interest to educationalists, people in teacher training, plus cultural sociologists and historians - as well as typographists and graphologists. - Roy Johnston, Mantex
"""..excellent and comprehensive illustrated book-which takes us through not only what happened in the United Kingdom, but brings in information about other English speaking countries such as America and Australia as well as European scripts, providing samples and explanations that are valuable as a reference... The book's well-written Epilogue merits a section being printed - It couldn't be put better by a graphologist!"" -- Elaine Quigley ""Graphologist"" ""For those dedicated to recording the history, development, manufacture and use of writing equipment this book provides the long- awaited link between the tools and the activity of handwriting. Rosemary Sassoon's comprehensive and enthusiastic research provides a feast of detail about man's constant quest after fluent and clear handwritten script."" - Michael Woods, Journal of the Writing Equipment Society ""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 ""This book is a historical record of techniques, styles and methods. But it also a passionate study of everyday typography, informed by a deep knowledge of her subject. It will be of interest to educationalists, people in teacher training, plus cultural sociologists and historians - as well as typographists and graphologists."" - Roy Johnston, Mantex"
Author Information
Dr Rosemary Sassoon was awarded a PhD from the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, University of Reading, and now works as an independent consultant.
