Spencerian
If you are a follower of my Twitter page, you probably already know that I found a copy of the Spencerian Key to Practical Penmanship printed in 1867 in a local antique shop. I am 39 pages into the book and some of the writing is certainly hard to read – I’m so used to modern-style writing. But the most wonderful part of the book was not what was written on the pages, but samples of someone’s practice left in the book. I found a few scraps with script and wanted to share them here. Not the best photos thanks to the lighting in my office, but I’m working on a remedy for that!
And there was one quote that struck me as interesting:
“One ink drop on a solitary thought
Hath moved the mind of millions.”
You can view the entire book here on the internet via PDF or JPG form, but I much prefer the book in it’s physical form and the unexpected samples of history that came with it.
