Penmanship
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Penmanship is the technique of writing with the hand using a writing instrument. The various generic and formal historical styles of writing are called hands, whilst an individual's style of penmanship is referred to as handwriting.
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See also
- Typography — the appearance, arrangement, and style of printed text
Types of writing
- Handwriting, a person's particular style of writing by pen or a pencil
- Hand (handwriting), in palaeography, refers to a distinct generic style of penmanship
- Block letters — also called printing, is the use of the simple letters children are taught to write when first learning
- Calligraphy — the art of writing itself, generally more concerned with aesthetics for decorative effect than normal handwriting.
- Cursive — any style of handwriting written in a flowing (cursive) manner, which connects many or all of the letters in a word, or the strokes in a CJK character or other grapheme.
Studies of writing and penmanship
- Diplomatics — forensic palaeography (seeks the provenance of written documents).
- Graphology — the study and analysis of handwriting especially in relation to human psychology.
- Graphonomics — is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the handwriting process and the handwritten product
- Palaeography — the study of script.
Penmanship-related professions
- Letterer — comic book lettering profession.
- Technical lettering — the process of forming letters, numerals, and other characters in technical drawing.
- Questioned document examiner — forensic science discipline which includes handwriting examination
Other penmanship-related topics
- Handwriting in left-handed people
- Handwriting recognition — is the ability of a computer to receive and interpret intelligible handwritten input
- Regional handwriting variation
- Signature
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