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candystripper -> Penmanship (2/6/2006 8:17:04 PM)
i am again asking our very bright members a question. When i learned to write, i was taught "the Palmer script" as i recall. My grandmother's penmanship, however, was much lovelier. Does anyone know what this would have been called? She would have been born about 1902, so in the 1st grade about 1908. i am not really that interested in Calligraphy; but would love to duplicate her style. candystripper

champagnewishes -> RE: Penmanship (2/6/2006 9:06:56 PM)
Could it be Spencerian Script ? Here is a link to that particular script used from 1850 through about 1925. http://www.spencerian.com/

candystripper -> RE: Penmanship (2/7/2006 1:55:16 AM)
champagnewishes, the web site is great, but i am checking to be sure it's the right script. i wish i has s'thing Grandma had written; i only have my memory to rely on. TY so much for helping. She came from a wealthy family and was educated in a fine private school; would that have mattered? candystripper

LuckyAlbatross -> RE: Penmanship (2/7/2006 6:25:17 AM)
Only to a certain extent. Different backgrounds and geographical locations also make a big difference.

windchymes -> RE: Penmanship (2/7/2006 11:56:15 AM)
My opinion is that it was the same script taught to everyone else, but your grandma probably had a strong artistic and creative streak and her handwriting style was just her unique "signature" to the world. I know what you mean....I would love to have a beautiful, flowing, ornamental script, but my handwriting mutated into something far removed from what I was originally taught and gets worse as the years go by....I think it's because we spend so much more time typing on a keyboard now than writing letters and notes by hand.

champagnewishes -> RE: Penmanship (2/7/2006 3:57:21 PM)
Try this link candystripper...it has a lot of different scripts.... http://suebohlin.com/calligraphy/envelopes.html

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