Handwriting (Italic)
My handwriting is historically awful. Throughout my life I’ve struggled with this. I go through phases of trying to improve it, the most successful was an attempt to change to Italic Handwriting.
I joined The Society for Italic Handwriting a few years ago Their publication “A Simple Guide to Italic Handwriting” by Nancy Winters was the one which helped me learn. I am by no means good at it, and need to practice more.
I enjoy a few things about Italics:
- The acknowledgement that neat handwriting needs to be practical (i.e. quick).
- The form of the letter is generally clear.
- The history.
What I need to do however is practice more. I write a roughly daily journal, and use an Italic pen when I need to write in work. However that doesn’t mean I actually “practice” so much as write badly. The practice is on the list of things I need to find to do, and don’t necessarily manage to at the moment.
So here’s a plan. Not quite daily practice (say a couple of times a week). This should consists of actual practice, i.e. sitting down and working on handwriting form.
As ever I’ll report back and we’ll see how it goes. I’ll try to post a sample next time as well, not sure I want to publish the “before” text without at least some progress (but I’ll attempt to take a before photo).