Teach Yourself Better Handwriting

by Sassoon, Rosemary

• ISBN13: 9780071419710
• ISBN10: 0071419713
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

This practical and informative book will help readers improve their handwriting and develop their own mature and individual style. Teach Yourself Better Handwriting includes self-diagnosis tests to identify problems, "before-and-after" examples illustrating common faults, and a detailed section on holding the pen. It also offers advice to those with special circumstances that may affect their handwriting, such as being left-handed or having a medical condition.

Author Biography

Rosemary Sassoon is a letterform consultant specializing in the educational and medical aspects of handwriting.

Gunnlaugur SE Briem is an Icelandic designer.

Table of Contents

introduction	1	(3)
how to use this book	4	(1)
what this book can do for you	4	(1)
what you must do for yourself	5	(2)
sorting out your priorities	7	(2)
part one handwriting problems	9	(52)
self-diagnosis	11	(10)
how to begin diagnosing your writing problems	12	(9)
more about self-diagnosis	21	(9)
practical matters	30	(17)
help for left-handers	47	(9)
steps to writing more clearly	50	(6)
more serious problems	56	(5)
part two how to put things right	61	(90)
regaining control	63	(5)
retraining a habit	64	(1)
the first exercises	65	(3)
rhythm and texture	68	(11)
a training model	79	(36)
dividing the alphabet into stroke-related letter groups	85	(1)
exercises for each group of letters	86	(29)
joining up	115	(19)
learning to join up	120	(2)
joining-up exercises	122	(1)
descending and ascending strokes	123	(1)
joining to reversing letters	124	(4)
alternatives	128	(2)
practising combinations of letters	130	(4)
personal modifications	134	(11)
redesigning single and double letters	141	(2)
striking a balance - speed versus legibility	143	(2)
capital letters	145	(6)
part three before and after	151	(20)
part four finishing touches	171	(24)
layout	173	(9)
a more formal model	182	(13)
what formal writing is, and how to do it	183	(8)
when should you use a formal hand?	191	(4)
epilogue	195