Handwriting, today, is artisanal—an emblem of slowness in an impatient world. Eighteenth-century writing masters recommended practicing penmanship for six to twelve hours a day, a degree of attention we tend to lavish only on keys and screens. And while we shouldn’t let our nostalgia get out of hand—people, after all, have been predicting handwriting’s decline since the invention of typewriters—it’s hard not to feel the occasional spasm of regret.
Hand Off – Loving, and mourning, scribbling
Sam Anderson a The New York MagazineBook Review
