Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on pens and penmanship. As beautiful writing instruments became more available in the 1800s, an interest in creating beautiful penmanship also ...

think back when was the last time you used cursive chances are, was to sign something. Most of us learned cursive in school. But for Children growing up in *** world of laptops, smartphones and ...

This eight-page handwritten letter by Private Franklin H. Durrah describes his service as a private in the Union Army during the Civil War, which ended with the loss of his right arm. The letter’s ...

It is important to promote good handwriting in kids. The computer — more accurately, the Internet — has brought us so much. So much information, resources, power. But what it has taken away in return ...

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Anaya uses her forearms to write, opting to forgo prostheses. — -- Virginia first grader Anaya Ellick, 7, has such good handwriting, she beat out 50 other youngsters from around the country to ...

The question facing Dr. Paul Hackmeyer was this: How could he convince his hospital’s doctors that their penmanship ranked right up there with hieroglyphics? Doctors’ handwriting is, of course, one of ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WVEC) -- A first grader from Greenbrier Christian Academy, who was born without hands, has won the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellence in Manuscript Penmanship. "Out of this ...

Loosen your grip. “Penmanship is something of a lost art,” but if you have the pen in a “death grip,” you’ll never learn. A tight hold makes handwriting “smaller and harder to read.” Don’t get loopy.

Few report cards these days include a line to mark achievement in an age-old skill that our parents and grandparents toiled over in school. Even when I was a kid, a good grade in penmanship or ...