One of the project that I have never come around to finish is getting my handwriting in order. I have found a few links on the subject:
http://briem.net (how-to on italic handwriting)
http://operina.com (pdf downloads connected to the site above - 'Handwriting repair' is good)
http://www.iampeth.com/books.php (public domain victorian books about 'penmanship')
http://www.handwritingrepair.info (mostly sells stuff)
http://www.paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html (Looks good)
http://library.sc.edu/spcoll/hist/ha...ing/index.html (long overview of handwriting history)
http://jp29.org/itbasics.htm
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...helpful-sites/
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...d-calligraphy/
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/fo...nd-discussion/
And I have gotten a little bit of knowledge:
- The first and the last letters of a word are the impotrant ones - the ones which a reader uses to identify the word. So make sure that they are readable. The letters belveen don't matter as much.
- I won't bother with pure cursive, where the entire word has to be completed with one pen stroke. Nobody can read it. Instead, join letters where it make sense, a bit like ligatures.
- Have a good posture. Relax your hand.
- I can see the logic of the Palmer method of having the paper parallel with the lower arm. But I don't like the extreme slant it produce.
But all this knowledge seems a bit fragmented. I would like to have a single ebook that I gave the basics of writing, from a modern perspective. Any recommendations?