Since the palmer method, a few different types of printing and cursive have been taught in school. So you may have learned the zaner blozer method of printing, or you might have learned nothing at all. We had pencils and quill pens, and the only time we got to write wis the quill pen. Ball point pens were 19 forty, and they were invented to go through carbon papers. It was war time, and it w they needed those to go through thos duplication of papers.
Is it weird to have different handwritings? How do you forge ancient documents? What pen should you use to write checks? Who is the greediest person in American history? Forensic document examiner Sylvia Kessler met up with Alie in the back of a Nebraska office store to chat about penmanship, ransom notes, court cases, self-expression, and we *very* lightly touch on the fringe -ology that uses handwriting to analyze personalities and how Barnum knew best when it comes to carnival "magic."
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