A review by labyrinth_witch
Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey

3.0

A wonderful expose on the history of handwriting, offering a little more in-depth explanation of the handwriting trends between Spenciarian and today (palmer, Bickman, D'Nealian, Getty-Dubay, etc). Excellent overview of the graphology movement, less focus on the ancient writing systems. She is more focused on the question of "Why is writing useful" than going into the educational debate of whether or not writing should be taught, though she does touch on that topic. She also explores in-depth how writing comes to stand for morality, which always fascinates me.