OXFORD, NY (WBNG) -- Retired Oxford Academy Music Teacher Merritt Russell was looking for a new hobby. He decided to give writing in American Ornamental Penmanship a try. Merritt Russell found the ...

Handwriting instruction is on the verge of a renaissance. Michael Sull of Gardner, Kan., is a master penman in Spencerian script; past president of the International Association of Master Penmen, ...

Developed in the 1820s by Platt Rogers Spencer (1800-1864), Spencerian script is a beautiful form of penmanship that became the first nationally adopted system of handwriting in America. Long before ...

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on pens and penmanship. As beautiful writing instruments became more available in the 1800s, an interest in creating beautiful penmanship also ...