The italic way to beautiful handwritingFred Eager

The italic way to beautiful handwriting

by Fred Eager · first published 1974

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  • alexjm · Dec 30, 2021 · Recommends

    I used the book "The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting" by Fred Eager. The italic method, in contrast to printing or cursive, seemed to have enough connected letters to write quickly, but without insisting on connecting everything like cursive, even when…

    on “Japan's Paper Culture” ↗
  • sj4nz · Dec 24, 2011 · Recommends

    (I added explanation of my indexing in previous comment.) Ditch cursive if you're still writing in it. Pick up a $4 copy of "The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting." Remind yourself that the purpose of the notes is to off-load the work of long-term memory from your brain until you have mastered your understanding of whatever you're working on. That's all. Beautiful…

    on “Ask HN: Advice on Reading Source Code” ↗

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