As the U.S. educational system developed, new types of cursive writing emerged. One, Spencerian script, was inspired by American landscapes and became a widespread—and uniquely American—school ...

He decided to give writing in American Ornamental Penmanship a try. Merritt Russell found the writing technique known as Spencerian Script fascinating. He enjoyed the dramatic font sizes ...

Handwriting used to be a status symbol ... Austin Norman Palmer presented a simpler version of the Spencerian script with his Palmer method. As computer word processors gained popularity in ...

He talks about the movement away from the dramatic, Spencerian writing style of the 19th Century to the modern, Palmer method of penmanship ... a very fancy script and a torture to learn.

Handwriting instruction is on the verge of a renaissance. Michael Sull of Gardner, Kan., is a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen ...

Cursive writing evolved from the Italic calligraphy ... who founded a school to teach his ornate, elegant style. Spencerian Script flourished from 1850 to 1925 and is still seen today in the ...

Scholars credit Niccolo Niccoli, a 15th Century Italian, for “inventing” our modern-day cursive, although it had been evolving long before his day. As the new script from Niccoli and his ...