Penmanship

thumb|Jaruu|Handwriting in Italian schools (20th–21st century) Handwriting is the personal and unique style of writing with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil in the hand. Handwriting includes both block and cursive styles and is separate from generic and formal handwriting script/style, calligraphy or typeface. Because each person's handwriting is unique and different, it can be used to verify a document's writer. The deterioration of a person's handwriting is also a symptom or result of several different diseases. The inability to produce clear and coherent handwriting is also kno

thumb|Example of classic American business cursive handwriting known as Spencerian script, from 1884

document handwritten by its author

line in typography upon which most letters "sit" and below which descenders extend

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thumb|Example of classic American business cursive handwriting known as [[Spencerian script from 1884]] thumb|A thin object (pen), held with three fingers, allows one to draw thin lines. Penmanship is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument. Today, this is most commonly done with a pen, or pencil, but throughout history has included many different implements. The various generic and formal historical styles of writing are called "hands" while an individual's style of penmanship is referred to as "handwriting".

writing style in which the letters are individualized, without any connection between them

teaching cursive and learning method

cursive form

American brewer

calligrapher of the Indian Constitution.

American calligrapher (1800–1864)

Graphonomics is the interdisciplinary field directed towards the scientific analysis of the handwriting process, product, and other graphic skills.