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The Missing Ink

The Lost Art of Handwriting

The Missing Ink( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Hensher, Philip
ISBN:978-0-86547-893-0
Publication Date:Nov 2012
Publisher:Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $26.00
Book Description:

When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like ("bold or crabbed, sloping or upright, italic or rounded, elegant or slapdash"), he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. It dawned on him that having abandoned pen and paper for keyboards, we have lost one of the ways by which we come to recognize and know another person. People have written by hand for thousands of years-- how, Hensher wondered, have they...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Alphabets & Writing Systems
Language Arts & Disciplines / Handwriting
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.39 x 8.85 x 0.98 Inches
Book Weight:1.01 Pounds



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